Original Rare Imperial German Mauser Model 1879 G.A.G. Border Guards Rifle by Spangenberg & Sauer Dated 1880 - Matching Serial 375 Japanese Marines but for political reasons

but for political reasons

having been saved from poor storage in a defunct museum

Abbasia is in fact the large Military Arsenal located in Cairo Egypt and was probably marked there as an inventory reference which confirms use in that theatre of WW1

The jacket has a red embroidered MADDONA name tape

Original Rare Imperial German Mauser Model 1879 G.A.G. Border Guards Rifle by Spangenberg & Sauer Dated 1880 - Matching Serial 375 Japanese Marines but for political reasonsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of the rare Mauser Model 1879 G. A. G. Border Guards rifle, one of only approximately 4,000 that were manufactured in 1880. As the name implies they were intended for Prussian border guard use, and they utilized a unique 11. 1537. 5mmR cartridge, a trimmed down version of the full power military cartridge. These were pretty much a slightly scaled down Model 1871 Mauser rifle, and they are not