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Paul engaged his older brother Wilhelm in working on a new gun system during their spare time after work. By December 1859, he had so impressed his superiors that he was placed on inactive military service and assigned to the royal factory at Oberndorf. Paul was conscripted in 1859 as an artilleryman at the Ludwigsburg arsenal, where he worked as a gunsmith. Another brother, Franz Mauser, went to America in 1853 with his sister and worked at E. His brother Wilhelm was four years older. Peter Paul Mauser, often referred to as Paul Mauser, was born on 27 June 1838 in Oberndorf am Neckar, Württemberg. His older brother Wilhelm assumed many of his father's duties as he became ill. Of his seven sons who worked with him there, Peter Paul Mauser showed an outstanding ability to develop methods of operation that were faster and more efficient.
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Originally located partly at Ludwigsburg and partly at Christophsthal, the factory was transferred to the former Augustine Cloister in Oberndorf am Neckar, where Andreas Mauser worked as the master gunsmith. King Frederick I of Württemberg founded the enterprise as Königliche Waffen Schmieden (literally: Royal Weapons Forges) on 31 July 1811. The Gewehr 98 in particular was widely adopted and copied, and it is the foundation of many of today's sporting bolt-action rifles. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser designs were also exported and licensed to many countries, which adopted them as military and civilian sporting firearms. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols was produced beginning in the 1870s for the German armed forces. Place made Oberndorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe Classification Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition Type rifles (long guns) Topic Military World War I Credit Line Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gina McVey Object number 2019.8 Restrictions & Rights No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.Mauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. The leather has deteriorated and become detached at the shoulder of the rifle but the metal attachment remains on the body. Attached to the middle of the rifle, where the barrel meets the body is a leather strap that has adjustable holes throughout for the metal hinge to attach. On the side of the loading bolt is the type of rifle, Under the barrel are the identifying numbers.
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On the top of the bolt, is the manufacture's name and location.
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There are inscriptions on many parts of the rifle. The rifle ends in a long wooden shoulder hold, in a triangular shape, with a notch cut out from the top. The trigger guard is adjustable with numbers written on all sides and an adjustable locking lug. The rifle has a long metal barrel attached to the main body of the gun that is comprised of wood and metal pieces. The Gewehr 98 rifle has a bolt action system that has two locking lugs just behind the bolt head. (86.4 × 3.2 cm) Description 1915 Mauser Gewehr 98 Bolt Action Rifle found in Germany by Corporal Lawrence McVey during World War I. McVey, Lawrence Leslie Sr., American, 1897 - 1968 Subject of 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945 Date 1915-1916 Medium wood and metal with leather Dimensions H x W x D (without strap): 4 7/8 × 49 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. Created by Mauser, German, founded 1811 Used by Cpl.