Later the markings were changed to the Bohemian lion Crest with CESKOLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA A.S. BRNO VZ 24 (VZ stands for Model) on the left side rail. Contract rifles were also marked on the left rail in this manner with the appropriate crest of the country purchasing on the receiver. Mar 17, 2011 Keep in mind that the AIM Mausers came with VZ24 bayonets and were in excellent (Soviet) arsenal refurbished condition. Now, in general, 150$ for a superbly constructed Mauser 98 is an awesome deal; you'd pay a little less than that for a Mosin Nagant at a mom and pop store. There are a lot of the square style, leather ammo pouches out on the surplus market these days, but most of them are for the Yugoslavian Mausers. They are very close to the Romanian pouches, but not quite right. I am not certain of the exact dates of manufacture for the Romanian pouches, but I would guess that they were produced during WW2 when the Romanian Army received their shipment of Czech VZ24 Mausers. The Romanian VZ24's were manufactured from 1938 to 1942. I would assume that the bulk of these ammo pouches would have been manufactured at the same time. There is always the chance that the Romanians manufactured another batch or two after the war to replace the battle worn pouches, but I can find no information about that. Romania started issuing the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine and 91/30 Rifle in 1950, so these older ammo pouches found continued use with the Mosin Nagants of the early Cold War. The most unique, distinguishing features of the leather Romanian ammo pouches are the flap straps and their attachment stitching. On the Romanian pouches, the strap attaches under the flap and is sewn on with circular stitching. Vz24 Serial Numbers UrThe Yugoslavian pouches have the strap on the outside of the flap and they are sewn on with s quare stitching. Another distinctive feature is the very square cube shape. You will often see older Mannlicher Rifle ammo pouches that have the same type of strap and stitching as the Romanian pouches, but the ammo compartment is not cubed, it is slanted like the Cold War, Soviet Mosin Nagant pouches. There are normally no markings to found on the Romanian pouches, with the exception of a random number or two, here or there, on some pouches. I have no idea what these numbers might have meant, but I suspect that they had something to do with inspectors marks. The leather has an embossed 'line' set just in from edges of the leather. You will see this in the photos. Mahadevi serial. The media files you download with aiohow.org must be for time shifting, personal, private, non commercial use only and remove the files after listening. It is illegal for you to distribute copyrighted files without permission. Aiohow.org is not responsible for third party website content.
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