The scope bases are soldered to the top of the receiver. The front ring is numbered to the gun, otherwise stamped '99' on the mounts and rings. The left side of the receiver ring is marked 'E3 Rampant Dragon 38' over the serial number and the left receiver wall is marked 'CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA,A.S, BRNO / VZ.24'. Oct 26, 2016 I was lucky and picked up a very early serial number matching CZ 24. Serial number 2976. I know from research that the Czeck government approve the CZ24 design by August of 1925 and production soon started after that. This article is about the bolt-action rifle.

Romanian Contract Vz 24 Serial Numbers

Romanian Vz 24 Serial Numbers Lookup

While I recently had posted pictures of my Romanian Vz.24 Split Rings mount sniper rifle (see http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread....it-Rings-mount) I noticed that I had never posted pictures of one of these with the Single Scope Mount Bracket Type sniper rifles. These are those of which WWII period pictures exist showing them in usage.
Therefore I decided to take the time and picture one of my Romanian Vz.24 Sniper rifles (yes, they aren't that uncommon over here and I have a few of them) for reference here. Notice that the scope bracket is both serialized to match the rifle, as well as the scope serial number. Scope has been produced by I.O.R. in Romania, a company that nowadays still makes scopes. The similarity to the Russian scopes is quite obvious.
Since these sniper rifles were used by Germans (or Allied of Germans) I consider them German WWII sniper rifles. Especially since they are a Mauser action too.