Thanks to the person who took the trouble to turn the photo's the right way around.
I tried several times from photobucket and also from when I sent them from my Mac. to no avail.
I am sorry the photo's are not very sharp as I had to scan them onto my computer from ones that had been printed out from another computer and posted on to me.
As I said previously my friend in England does not do emails.
He has been collecting original Mausers since pistols were banned from civilian ownership in Britain (except for criminals) he used to collect early Colt pistols and he once gave me a small list of numbers of Colts that I should buy if I ever came across them which belonged to a few dubious characters of the old west.
As he is still working as a gunsmith and has a dealers license he is able to do this.
Apparently this rifle had a scope on it when it was taken from a shot German sniper. Taken back to the British lines and put into the armory and permission was granted for the guy to keep it as a war trophy but when he went to collect it on home leave he was told he couldn't have the scope as it was going to be put on a British rifle.
Whether this is true or somebody took a fancy to it and took it back to Blighty in their knapsack might have more truth to it.
I don't think there are any other markings on the rifle otherwise he would have told me.
Regards.