Description
The brass mounted leather scabbard bears the maker's markings in shield of MOORE & CO
Tryon’s son
It is also marked on the finned bottom with NO
Dear Nugent
making this a choice example
Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88/05 S Commission Rifle by Danzig Arsenal with Turkish Markings - Dated 1890 Russian Headgear The brass mounted leather scabbardOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very good example of the iconic German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle", also known as the Gewehr 88, or GEW 88. It was manufactured at Danzig Arsenal, located on the Baltic Sea in what is today Gdask Poland, in 1891. It then and then saw long service, as indicated by condition and markings on the gun. It even has an old Imperial German regiment marking on the left side of the nose cap: 20. R. 6. 20., for the