SOLD 1933 MAUSER BANNER K DRP MARKED RIFLE….. DEUTCHES REICHS POST……..BERLIN MARKED!……STUNNING WOOD!

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ALL  MATCHING AND WITH AN EXCELLENT BORE, WE HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE MAUSER 1933 DATED BANNER K DEUTCHES REICHS POSTAL  RIFLE.  THIS RIFLE IS MADE EVEN MORE DESIRABLE BY THE FACT THAT IT IS MARKED FOR THE CITY OF BERLIN!  THESE RIFLES WERE USED TO GUARD VALUABLE CASH SHIPMENTS AND POSTAL INSTALLATIONS AS WELL AS RADIO AND COMMUNICATION ASSETS .  DURING THE WAR THEY WERE USED IN MANY ROLES INCLUDING ANTI PARTISAN OPERATIONS.  THIS RIFLE IS MADE TO THE HIGHEST MAUSER COMMERCIAL STANDARDS OF FIT AND FINISH AND THIS ONE HAS A STUNNING STOCK.  AS WITH MANY OF THESE RIFLES, THIS EXAMPLE WAS SENT TO THE SPANDAU DEPOT FOR INSTALLATION OF A STOCK DISK IN ORDER TO BRING IT UP TO K98k SERVICE RIFLE STANDARDS.  MANY OF THESE RIFLES ENDED UP SERVING IN THE ARMY AND THE SS AS WELL.  THESE RIFLES ARE VERY DESIRABLE TO COLLECTORS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BASIS FOR THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SERIES WHICH IS THE K98k RIFLE.  ALL SERIOUS GERMAN RIFLE COLLECTORS WANT THIS RIFLE FOR THEIR COLLECTIONS, THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE THE VERY FIRST OF THE 98K STYLE OF RIFLE AND WERE USED HEAVILY DURING WW2 BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE ARMED FORCES.