K98 bolt action carbine – Waffen-SS “single rune” – bnz ᛋ 4
Model: Karabiner 98 kurz or K98 k, single rune K98
Markings: bnz ᛋ 4, 7431
Maker: Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr
Serial: 7431
Year: 1944
Material: Blued steel
Stock: Laminated wood
Notes: The so called Single Rune or ᛋ marked on the top of the chamber where manufactured by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in the Concentration camp of Mauthausen on a special contract for the Waffen-SS.
This so called Single Rune K98 rifle is deactivated according to the Dutch law and is in a part of the H.M. collection