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German GEW 98 Sling
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Leather Variants
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Maker marked and dated "HERMANN THIEME MAGDEBURG 1917". Retains original russet brown finish (scans show color to be bright orange-brown, actual color is more subdued) - Sling now in a private collection
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GEW98 Sling stampings courtesy of the D.S. Zumbro collection
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This sling swivel has a unit staming of "3. 160" (3rd Company, Infantry rgt 160). It is leather stamped "HERMANN THIEME MAGDEBURG 1917" just as the one in the above section is.
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Above sling is marked "G. Hentschel Dresden" and "1915".
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Above sling is marked "SATTLER - Gen.", dated "1915" and at bottom of oval "Aachen". By the way, Aachen is a large city near the Dutch-German- Belgian border. "Sattler" is the German word for someone who works with leather as a profession (saddles, harnesses, assoc. equipment). A company that produces these items is a "Sattlerei" or Saddlery, hence the "Sattler" stamping on the slings.
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Garde sling - Marked "BAG" and "1914"
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A GEW98 sling stamped/dated from Infantry Rgt 82 - 1915
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A rather unusual manufactuer "Aurwarter & Budeo - 1916 - Stuttgart" Unit stamped "GR 119 (Grenadier Rgt 119) and "1916".
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Above is another WWI era GEW 98 sling.
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Hardware on the GEW 98 sling.
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Stamping on the sling.
More GEW 98 Sling Pictures
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Pictures by Robert Lukes
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Paper Cloth Variant
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Picture courtesy of Petter Andersson (with info from Chris Magewick and T. P. Hern)
This is a paper cloth sling for the W.W.I German Mauser.
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