Original German Pre-WWI Karabiner 88 Cavalry Carbine by C.G. HAENEL Serial 3477 c - Dated 1891 81mm Mortar the 6th of May

the 6th of May

which it secured by 2 April 1945

Wiltshire in South West England

The fiber liners were also manufactured nearly identically to US WWII issue and were made by Dansk Kunststof Industri

Original German Pre-WWI Karabiner 88 Cavalry Carbine by C.G. HAENEL Serial 3477 c - Dated 1891 81mm Mortar the 6th of MayOriginal Item: Only One Available. Adopted in 1888 the new German Infantry round in 7. 92 X 57mm replaced the old 10. 4mm large bore cartridge adopted in 1871. The M 1888 Rifle was referred to as the "Commission Rifle" and was manufactured as a full Infantry Rifle and a Carbine starting in 1888 and an Artillery Carbine adopted in 1891. Our example is of the Cavalry Carbine and was made by government contractor C. G. HAENEL, located in SUHL in 1891, as