1914 Erfurt Dilemma

Johnny Peppers · 08-04-2002, 11:44 PM

Mr. Fisher,
The 1914 dated Erfurt P08 is one of the rarest of the WWII era Lugers. The 1914 Erfurt P08 is extremely hard to find, and had they gone into the q and r letter suffix block they would be one of the more common of the WWI Lugers. I have not seen a picture of your pistol, but my best guess is that the letter suffix is an incomplete strike of the letter b, which in the lower case cursive has a tail much like the q, or possibly the letter b was struck upside down. Again, I have not seen it, but current information does not bear out the production of Lugers into the q/r letter suffix block. This would indicate Erfurt production figures in the 170/180,000 range for 1914, and existing specimens don't bear this out.

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08-04-2002, 11:44 PM	#2
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Mr. Fisher, The 1914 dated Erfurt P08 is one of the rarest of the WWII era Lugers. The 1914 Erfurt P08 is extremely hard to find, and had they gone into the q and r letter suffix block they would be one of the more common of the WWI Lugers. I have not seen a picture of your pistol, but my best guess is that the letter suffix is an incomplete strike of the letter b, which in the lower case cursive has a tail much like the q, or possibly the letter b was struck upside down. Again, I have not seen it, but current information does not bear out the production of Lugers into the q/r letter suffix block. This would indicate Erfurt production figures in the 170/180,000 range for 1914, and existing specimens don't bear this out.