This is an example of a WWII German low turret sniper rifle manufactured by the Mauser factory that has been fitted with a Carl Zeiss commercial scope. The turret mount rifles were considered the most efficient design of the K98 rifles and they were in service from their introduction in 1939 to the end of the war. The top of the receiver ring is covered by the front turret, the right side of the receiver is marked with a single "eagle 135" Waffenamt proof and the left side has a "eagle 135" and Nazi firing proofs flanking the serial number, with the receiver side wall marked "Mod. 98". The left rear of the barrel is marked with a Nazi firing proof, "38" and with an "eagle / 135" proof. The rifle has a stamped trigger guard and floor plate, and milled barrel bands. The matching bolt is a correct late war version with the milled safety. The rifle is fitted with an all blued sniper scope made by Carl Zeiss with the top of the tube marked with the Carl Zeiss logo / "Zielacht / No 74299". The rifle is equipped with a ramp front sight and tangent rear sight graduated to 200 meters, steel cleaning rod with slotted head and mounted with a laminated stock and hand guard with cupped buttplate. The right side of the elm buttstock is marked with a large "eagle / WaA135" proof.