RIFLE

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

RIFLE

Entry/Object ID

120/165

Description

MILITARY/MAUSER ACTION/9 MILLIMETER/SERIAL #6488/GERMAN PROOF MARKS/30" BARREL German army rifle from 1906 - captured by American troops

Collection

WEAPONS, WORLD WAR I

Made/Created

Date made

1906

Place

Continent

Europe

Notes

Early Date: 1906

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Germany

Culture/Tribe

German

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Rifle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Firearms

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Berlin

Country

Germany

Research Notes

Notes

This is likely a German Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifle.