Most of the bluing is gone on the visible parts. Shawn Raymond Wahlmeier from GREELEY, CO United States The rifles are in good turn in condition.ġ of 1 people found the following review helpful: This is a once in a lifetime chance to complete your collection. We were lucky to find this variety of collector rifles in Africa. This is a must for every Mauser collector. The Yugoslavians under General Tito took these guns and brought them to the Zastava factory where they were refurbished, and often the Yugo crest was stamped on top of the receiver. The German serial numbers are on the left side. The Yugo Mausers have them on the right side of the receiver. The most visible difference between the German and the Yugo Mausers are markings are the serial numbers. Others have remnants of the German code, or no code/crest. Some rifles have the Yugo crest on the receiver. Condition: The rifles are in fair condition and might have a small crack in the stock (delamination).

When the German troops left the territory of Yugoslavia in 1944 they left a bunch of war material behind including K.98 rifles.

For illustration purposes only! These K.98 are original German made. Rifles are guaranteed to be functional The pictured rifle is not the exact rifle you will be receiving. The rifles are in fair to good condition. Value will depend upon condition and matching parts.K.98 German WW2 captured and refurbished in Yugoslavia. No Polish 'bnz' Radom Model 98/40's were made for the SS. Steyr, Mauser ('byf', 'svw') and Brno ('dot') were the last major producers of 98k's in 1944 and the Mauser and Brno output was dedicated to the German Army. 98k's for the SS earlier, but were diverted to StGw 44 production in early 1944. 98k's made by Steyr are dated with a '44' (1944) date code. Some factories had multiple offices, and some articles were made up of parts inspected at different factories, explaining multiple WaA numbers on a single firearm. The 'XXX' number was the number of the inspection office assigned by the German Army's Quartermaster Corps.

The 'Eagle' mark over a 'WaA XXX' is the German military inspector's acceptance stamp. It also appears on war material made at factories under Steyr supervision, such as the Radom factory in Poland. The 'bnz' production code was assigned by Organization Todt to production of German war material at the Steyr factories in what had been Austria during most of WW II.

Mauser 98 serial number locations