Butt stamp question...

[Don M]

One more nit to pick. If the 7 is really a Reichswehr slash, shouldn't it be followed by a letter and not a number? Ron's examples and a quick scan of G�¶rtz & Bryans shows only letters. After Mark called it a 7, I relooked at the photo and it does look like a 7.

This doesn't mean its not a Reichswehr mark, however. I think the height of the numerals in the apparent weapon number 109 suggests it is not police, at least Prussian police. Scaling from Mark's photo indicates these numerals are about 3.1 mm, the height specified in the 1922 police orders to designate the Hundertschaft (company). The specified height for the numerals in the weapon number was 2.1 mm. On the other hand, my database of Weimar Police Unit Marks indicates that many of the very early marks (1919-22) were not exactly according to specification.