JW--I'd like to hear a bit more about your Mauser. Some of your description lost me...I understand Gew 98, and that many, many were given to the Turks in WW I by the Germans as war aid. I know that many of them were remodeled to the standard rifle they developed in 1935. Your third photo has the telltale front barrel band and cleaning rod. But what do you mean "Turked in Czechoslovakia"? And I'm also curious about what the legend is on your rifle's receiver ring is? Does it still bear the German arsenal's name/marking, or does it have the Turk ASTCFA Ankara marking?
DG