![]() ![]() Omer was also able to identify the Tughra or Ottoman imperial stamp at the top of the roll-mark, identifying that it belongs to sultan ‘Abdul al-Ḥamīd II, the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who reigned between 1876-1909. The Romanized Turkish translation would be: Thanks to Omer’s translation we now know that the rifle was produced in 1903/4 (this is due to the alignment of the Hijri and Gregorian calendars – the former is lunar based and the latter is solar-based) and that its serial number is #29388 98AZ style carbine in 6.9 x 57 mm caliber The carbine has a very short, 17.25 inch barrel (rather than 23.2 inch long barrel found on K98AZ). It is in excellent condition with all the German markings still intact. and Marawan, we have been able to translate the markings. 98AZ Style Mauser Carbine (6.9 x 57 mm) Caliber: 6.9 x 57 mm Price: 1650 Inventory mau 0685 Pictures: DESCRIPTION: Unusual German Kar. A fine example of the post WW1 German GEW 98 reissued rifle that is possibly a. However, thanks to Silah Report’s contributors, Omer S. The rifle’s roll-mark in Ottoman Turkish (Source: C&Rsenal)Ĭ&Rsenal were unable to directly translate their example rifle’s roll-mark as it is in the now largely unused Ottoman Turkish, which borrows from both Arabic and Persian.
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