there are good fakes and then there is this...

[Jim Colvill]

I'm sure we all know shopping on Gunbroker can be like walking through a dog run but every now and again you come across someone so blatantly spreading manure that it becomes funny. Check this one out

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472150970

Up for auction, we have an important piece of WWII history -- a rifle owned by Reinhard Heydrich, "the man with the iron heart" who was third in command after Hitler and Himmler. The rifle is in excellent condition with no signs of rust. Bolt is matching and all pieces are in great working order. Reinhard Heydrich was a high-ranking German Nazi leader for the duration of World War II. Heydrich was the SS-Obergruppenführer (General) and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office (including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD) and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor (Deputy/Acting Reich-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia. Heydrich was assassinated in 1942 by the Czech resistance after this rifle was issued to him. FFL required. No shipment to NY or CA.
[Information added 3/9/2015 12:48:14 AM]
Photograph #2 shows the name Heydrich on the inside of the butt plate. Paperwork has not been found for this rifle.

[Information added 3/9/2015 10:50:19 PM]
This rifle was inherited by me. It has taken much investigation to find out what it actually is. An expert has recently told me that it looks like an altered Kar98a manufactured from 1911-1918 possibly. Several decals and marks seem to be out of place on the rifle. Please view photographs and use your judgement. Thank everyone for their input on this piece. I am no expert but I know this rifle is a fine, interesting piece. Serious bidders only, please.

What a maroon!

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[bolus]

That looks pretty good to me. With the hand carved swastika and the lick and stick SS sticker. Germans were pretty well known for those.

 

[Jim Colvill]

That looks pretty good to me. With the hand carved swastika and the lick and stick SS sticker. Germans were pretty well known for those.

I admired the unique use of the US Army Marksman medal glued to the stocke.

 

[etrain16]

Wow, that's quite the find. That's nothing though, I got Hitler's personal Glock. Got for a steal at only $4,000!

 

[bolus]

I admired the unique use of the US Army Marksman medal glued to the stocke.

its actually a little known fact that Heydrich trained at Fort Benning during the first years of the war.

 

[tac]

Pshaw. That POC pales into total obscurity when compared with my matching pair [a left and a right] of P08 Luger pistols belonging to your first president, General George Washington. Even the grips, made of cherry wood, are ultra significant in themselves as they were made from the actual tree that he admitted chopping down. I even have a signed photograph of him shooting them.

Even these are secondary in my little collection when compared with Ben Franklin's very own Colt .45 SA, complete with charred grips from carrying it as he did his famous experiment with the kite in the thunderstorm.

Heydrich?

Hah. Some folks will just believe any old thing they read on the internet.

tac

 

[captqc]

That thing is AWESOME!!!! What's wrong with you haters????? I bid a thousand!!!! no wait two thousand!!!!

 

[RVTECH]

The sad part is he is up to $525 on this. At least the people who alter Italian repros are attempting to create something believable.

 

[jbett98]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...nMHgzXI9nYmpSmw&bvm=bv.88198703,d.cGU&cad=rja

 

[Deebow]

We all know someone is going to buy that. This is why con men can get rich.

Maybe the seller knows that Nigerian fella that sent me an email regarding some money from overseas.

Hmmmm

 

[Jim Colvill]

6 bids and it didn't make reserve. Yoyo now has it relisted with a starting bid of $999 and a Buy Now price of $1700. He's got to make back his investment on Mauser stickers and the time carving on it.

 

[erudne]

You have to admire the seller, if only for parting with a significant historic artifact

 

[66PonyCar]

Looks like he's done substantial editing to his description this time around. Now he says it was possibly put together as a tribute to Heydrich. I think he must have been on this site and reading your comments.

 

[Jim Colvill]

He still mis identifies the rifle as a K98 when it is, in fact, a wz 29 Polish mauser. Like the one pictured here: https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=891

 

[66PonyCar]

I'm thinking that he also mistook the Army Marksman medal for an Iron Cross.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Just like an original Colt Paterson revolver listed for sale with with the roll mark on the barrel of Patterson, NJ 07505 - Priceless.