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Mad Reloader,
I have seen photos of German WWI troops armed with the M1888 rifle. The M1888 was "Limited Standard" issue to Reserve troops while the front line troops got the M1898. As German Reserves were called up into the meatgrinder of trench warfare, they brought their 1888s with them.
The Sultan of Turkey got a shipment or two of M1888 rifles from Germany early in WWI, or just before. The Bulgarians bought some 1888 Carbines before WWI and probably took them into combat in WWI.
Be well.
Adam
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