Gewehr 98: The German WWI Standard Rifle

Sold at auction for $1,840 (w/ 5 other rifles). The Gewehr 1898 was the product of a decade of bolt action repeating rifle improvements by the Mauser company, and would be the standard German infantry rifle through both World Wars. Today we are looking at a pre-WWI example (1905 production) that shows all the features of what a German soldier would have taken to war in 1914.