Original German WWII Laminated Karabiner 98k Gewehr 33/40 “Mountain” Carbine Lower Stock & Handguard - K98k US Civil War both stamped and written in

both stamped and written in engraving pen

Assuming this was not an accident we have what can be called a “combat pedigree”

This is a very nice very good condition Imperial Prussian Jäger enlisted man's Mannschaften (other ranks or EM / NCO) Tschako (Shako)

The left chest pocket has two pairs of thread loops for award attachment

Original German WWII Laminated Karabiner 98k Gewehr 33/40 “Mountain” Carbine Lower Stock & Handguard - K98k US Civil War both stamped and written inOriginal Item. Only One Available. In 1935 the German military introduced the K98k bolt action rifle or Karabiner 98 Kurz, as a replacement for the older GEW98 or Gewehr 98. The first examples had more in common with their predecessor than later examples, such as the rear sling attachment, which started out the same as the GEW98 fitting, but then was switched to a slot in the butt stock. While German (J. P Sauer, Mauser Werke, Erma, BSW, Lubeck) and