Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88/05 S Commission Rifle by Ludwig Loewe Serial 6509 g - Dated 1891 German Air Force Luftwaffe for ease of identification as

for ease of identification as a smoke grenade and not a traditional M1924

with the cardboard visible on the underside

New Made Item: Top quality reproduction of an amazingly rare original helmet for the "Garde a Cheval" of Tzar Nicholas II originally dating from the 1880s until the collapse of Imperial Russia in 1917

The interior rigging is complete with the interior band

Original German Pre-WWI Gewehr 88/05 S Commission Rifle by Ludwig Loewe Serial 6509 g - Dated 1891 German Air Force Luftwaffe for ease of identification asOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very nice example of the iconic German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle", also known as the Gewehr 88, or GEW 88. It was made by Ludwig Loewe & Company in Berlin, the company that eventually become the famous Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Aktien Gesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known more commonly as DWM. They were a major producer of weapons for Imperial Germany