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Description: | 1) LATE MAJOR BEST 8 MM MAUSER No 9873
2) Gew 98
3) S 79
4) DEUTCHES WAFFEB UND MUNITIONS FABRIKEN/BERLIN /1916
Captured by Captain Best of 9th Royal Sussex Regt at Bois en Hache, near Sochaux, April 1917.
Letter in acquisition file states: 'Rifle No 9873b was captured by myself as a Captain in 9th Royal Sussex Regt at BOIS EN HACHE, near SOUCHEZ in the final battle for Vimy Ridge in April 1917.'
rifle & rod | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken, Berlin | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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