Hi.
I personally own a SS Mauser 98k witch you can find in the bottom of this link:
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/firea.../3431-k98.html
There are 2 skulls. Together with one of the skulls is also this marking ∞
JMB ; I will have to respectfully disagree. The totehead applied to small arms by the SS zentral zeugamt had little to nothing to do with other than that of salvaged weapons rebuilt/repaired by them. As for a such a marking in any way original due to a 'camp' guard...that alone would not prove anything as the proof was not specifically there excepting for the purposes of the ZZ and not the camps.
I have had "vet" items brought to me that were fake...how they got that way or were switched out or enhanced is usually the "we will never know" clause. But buying the story and not the weapon is walking down a primrose path. Fake SS marked weapons and the like started in the early 1950's in europe... it's now more than just a cottage industry , but thankfully still it's generally ametuerish and more often than not, not inline with what is known.
Well I'm not a K98 expert(I'm more of a lee-enfield guy).On the left of the receiver it has the double SS rune then a bunch of numbers which according to my Friend meant the SS depot number. It looked something like this http://www.empirearms.com/5190a.jpg .
100% agree with you on that one, always buy the item, not the story, i think some of these guys got a little confused along the line somewhere, i always treat everything to do with the SS as fake, until proven otherwise, personally i don't collect the stuff, and have very few items on my site, those i have are, imo right, although there'll always be someone with a different opinion can't win 'em all
Well guys I stumbled across the site that was selling the "SS" marked matching numbered MP40, how do these dealers sleep at night (probably quite well as some dont care ) he actually sold it as well!!!!
Ben
NIce MP, but unfortunately with bad markings
Regards,
Dimas
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Hi Ben, it really annoys me seeing a good item ruined like that.
Cheers, Ade.
Is that also a fake eagle? It looks like it?
Ben
Hi Ben, yes that is dodgy too.
Cheers, Ade.
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