SimonGirty
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I have a "war prize" Model 1924, Kingdom of Yugoslavia 8 mm Mauser with matching serial numbers on stock and receiver but not on bolt. The stock bears the cypher for Peter II and serial number puts manufacture in 1939 at Zastava. So I understand Serbia made the rifles for the military, stamped with crest and cypher. However, the stock is also stamped with the Wehrmacht eagle crest and the bolt is a 4 digit number starting with "C" and a "T" stamp without the crown making it a later part. Since the rifle was obtained from the enemy by US soldier it must not have been a partisan weapon. Why would it have the Nazi insignia? Since the bolt travels a little too far back, catching on the magazine insert, I wonder it it is not the bolt from a K98k. Any comments or suggestions as to origin?