1937 M98 Mauser (Portugese?) with matching Bayonet

The Portuguese K98's(1941 contract I think) that came through the shop, long ago, (Friggin' absolutely mint with a matching bayonet and a laminated stock. Only old, used part was the sling.) all had a crest on the receiver ring. I think that one should too if it's really a Portuguese. Don't think that makes a great deal of difference one way or the other though.
Anyway, there was a 1937 rifle on liveauctionworld.com in 2010 that sold for $650 US. And a 1941 in the same year that sold for 3 grand US. Your's will likely be valued more like the former.
 
maybe its a small script r in the serial number on the action not a H odd that they would use two different style Rs though.
 
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According to one of the Mauser websites, the first batch of contract rifles did not have the crest on the receiver - just on the stock. There are pictures of several that look like mine. I gather this was not a large number of rifles.

My stock has the Portuguese serial number stamped on the left side, a vague outline of where the stamped crest used to be on the left side of the butt, and on the bottom is the rifle serial number, matching the barrel/receiver number.
 
The "72" may have been added later, in 1972.

Can anyone explain the significance of these stamps?

Here is the best picture I can manage of the receiver side.

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Some of the Portuguese Mauser were temporary issued to the German Army prior to WW2, during one of the pre-war crisis.

When the flap was over they were passed on to the Portuguese.

This may have resulted in extra markings.
 
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