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Family heirloom WWII German rifle now in museum display

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04/23/2025

After some 80 years in family gunsafes, this World War Two German K98 rifle now resides in a WWII display in the Old Court House Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

WWII K98 Mauser German Infantry Rifle Finds New Home in Vicksburg’s Old Court House Museum

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02/18/2025

After some 80 years in a gunsafe, my dad’s K98 Mauser German Infantry rifle will be in a World War II display.

My dad rescued this shotgun from a pile of captured Nazi weapons destined for destruction

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10/31/2023

My dad’s shotgun was a handmade drilling shotgun/rifle he brought home from Germany in World War II. It’s my personal connection with the last days of the war in Europe.