perhaps it was made for a hunt to Africa or to try it on lage elk, he was the Reichjægermeister after all, and he had the right too shoot the largest animal on all the hunting areas, if someone else did withouth asking for permission they had trouble.

i saw in a swedsh magazine a few years ago, itwas a picture of a mauser that was a gift to his brother in law Erich von Rosen , that was a little version of the 9,3x70 rifle. that one was Ludwig Loewe .250 Savage.