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Historical Information.
This page summarizes some topics discussed in
great details in the Paul Mauser book.
Paul Mauser and the Kaiser Wilhelm II
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W
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m
II.
Paul
Mauser
met
Kaiser
Wilhelm
II,
on
several
occasions.
These
meetings
lead
to
a
relationship
that
went
well
beyond
just
demonstrating
Mauser
firearms.
For
pistol
historians,
probably
the
most
important
presentations
were
of
a
C96
pistol
and
C96
carbine
in
Potsdam
on
the
20th
of
August
1896.
This
event
is
noted
in
Paul
Mauser’s
diary
of
that
year
and
also
the
glass
plates
of
the
C96
carbine
and
pistol
showing
them
before
and
after
testing.
These
are
available in the Paul Mauser Archive.
In
this
example,
you
see
one
of
the
4-page
letters
written
by
Paul
Mauser
for
communication
to
Kaiser
Wilhelm
II.
To
be
more
precise
here,
Paul
was
not
writing
directly
to
the
Emperor
but
rather
to
his
Imperial
correspondent
the
Emperor’s
Wing
Adjutant
Graf von Moltke.
This
letter
is
quite
interesting
because
tells
us
that
Paul
prepared
a
special
hunting
rifle
for
the
Kaiser
that
was
ordered
as
a
gift
by
his
wife
the
Empress
and
Queen
of
Prussia
Augusta
Victoria
of
Schleswig-
Holstein.
As
a
consequence
of
the
rifle’s
satisfactory
hunting
results,
Paul
Mauser
subsequently
received
another
request
to
offer
to
the
Kaiser
a
special
Target Rifle in 6mm caliber.
In
the
attached
photo,
you
see
the
first
page
of
the
letter.
The
next
photo
shows
Kaiser
Wilhelm
II
proudly
standing
by
one
of
the
deer
he
took
with
the
rifle.
Finally,
the
record
in
the
Original
Mauser
sale
book of the Special 6mm rifle is shown.
It
is
interesting
to
highlight
the
importance
of
this
small
caliber
rifle.
From
1895
until
the
finalization
of
the
98
action,
in
cooperation
with
the
German
GPK
acceptance
committee,
Paul
Mauser
experimented
with
several
small
caliber
rifles
including
versions
in
4mm, 5mm, 5.5mm, 6mm and 6.5mm.
The
full
letter
translation
as
well
as
additional
samples
of
presentation
pistols
and
rifles
are
available in the Paul Mauser book.
Mauser Collections
In
th
e
M
au
se
r
hi
st
or
y,
at
le
as
t
th
re
e
dif
fe
re
nt
fir
ea
r
m
s
co
lle
cti
on
s
ca
n
be
id
en
tifi
ed
.
Th
e
Pa
ul
M
au
se
r
co
lle
cti
on
co
ve
re
d
hi
s
pe
rs
on
al
co
lle
cti
on
of
fir
ea
r
m
s
un
til
19
14
.
Af
te
r
Pa
ul
pa
ss
ed
a
w
ay
so
m
e
ite
m
s
of
thi
s
co
lle
cti
on
w
er
e
so
ld
of
f
by
hi
s
fa
mi
ly.
Th
e
Pa
ul
M
au
se
r
fir
ea
r
m
s
co
lle
cti
on
w
as
di
sp
la
ye
d
in
th
e
fo
r
m
er
Au
gu
sti
ni
an
m
on
as
te
ry.
Th
e
M
au
se
r
fir
m
Re
fe
re
nc
e
co
lle
cti
on
w
hi
ch
ha
d
all
M
au
se
r
ar
m
s
ex
a
m
pl
es
up
th
ro
ug
h
19
45
an
d
w
as
ke
pt
in
dif
fe
re
nt
ro
o
m
s
in
th
e
M
au
se
r
fa
cili
tie
s.
Af
te
r
W
W
1
up
to
19
27
a
ne
w
co
lle
cti
on
w
as
cr
ea
te
d
th
at
be
ca
m
e
pa
rt
of
th
e
Cit
y
M
us
eu
m
co
lle
cti
on
.
Af
te
r
W
WI
I,
un
de
r
Fr
en
ch
Co
nt
rol
,
th
e
M
au
se
r
Co
m
pa
ny
w
as
di
ss
ol
ve
d
an
d
th
e
fir
ea
r
m
s
of
th
e
th
re
e
co
lle
cti
on
s
co
nfi
sc
at
ed
an
d
ta
ke
n
by
th
e
Fr
en
ch
Oc
cu
pa
tio
n
Fo
rc
es
.
H
er
e
tw
o
pi
ct
ur
es
ar
e
pr
ov
id
ed
sh
o
wi
ng
pa
rt
of
th
e
Pa
ul
M
au
se
r
Co
lle
cti
on
lo
ca
te
d
in
th
e
fo
r
m
er
Au
gu
sti
ni
an
m
on
as
te
ry.
Archive Digitalization
The
Archive
digitalization
is
the
first
step
for
a
serious
analysis
of
the
Paul
Mauser
documents.
All
the
documents
are
sorted
by
year
and
then
by
type
(diary,
letters,
notes,
telegrams...).
For
each
year
a
folder
is
defined.
Inside
it,
several
folders
are
associated
for
each
type
of
document.
Each
folder
contains
the
scan/picture
of
the
document
with
the
related
translation.
After
this
classification,
the
analysis
and
interpretation
of
the
documents
start.
All
the
undated
document
are
stored
in
the
same
folder.
For
some
of
them
a
tentative
of
dating
could
be
done
based
on
the
content.
If
the
content
interpretation
is
accepted
then
the
document
is
moved
in
the related year folder.
Paul Mauser ARCHIVE