Gew. 98 Cleaning Kit - Authentic Imperial Army Issue?

RON

RON

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I'm familiar with the WW2 Mauser rifle cleaning kit issued by the army in a flat 'can' but not its WW1 counterpart...
Does this kit qualify as Imperial army issue or is it some export or post WW1 (Weimar) specimen?
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The tools are for variants of the Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 rifle. The belt pouch is likely not an original part of the kit.
 
Hi R1
Do you have a photo of an actual WW1 German cleaning kit for future reference?
 
Ron - The pouch looks swedish to me.

The Gew98 as you know has a short rod. You were supposed to get with your mates and make a long rod together and clean rifles. I've not seen a Gew98 cleaning kit per se, but will nose around.

Eric
 
Hey Eric,
Maybe they used kits similar to the Wehrmacht's? After all, the G98 & K98 were the exact same rifle apart from length and in the Third Reich kit, you had a chain cleaning 'rod' which solved the issue you mentioned...
GermanRG34WeaponCleaningKit-1935.jpg

GermanRG34WeaponCleaningKit-WW2a.jpg

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Ron _ I have one of those kits but just have never seen anything that was supposed to be Imperial era or Gew98.

Eric
 
Here is a WWI German cleaning kit. This one was posted on the French WWI website by a member who goes by the name Eparges. You can see all of the contents. I have a fieldgray painted example tin, but, alas, without the contents.

Chip

 
Thanks Chip!
First time I see one of those.
I presume the tin was marked and/or dated?
 
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