Original German WWII Waffenamt Marked Karabiner 98k Stock Set with Flat Butt Plate & 25mm Bolt Hole (No Fitting) - K98k Hand Select:Yes whose portrait has been done

whose portrait has been done in oil

This indicates 1937 manufacture

There were made by various different makers in Germany

When called into service for World War II

With the rise of the NSDAP Party and the repudiation of the Versailles Treaty

Original German WWII Waffenamt Marked Karabiner 98k Stock Set with Flat Butt Plate & 25mm Bolt Hole (No Fitting) - K98k Hand Select:Yes whose portrait has been doneOriginal Items: Very Few 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. The very first examples also had a cup butt plate, which had a