Finnish Luger from WWI??

Dwight Gruber · 02-27-2006, 03:39 PM

Tim,

The Imperial right-reciever markings shown in the Technical Information drawing are examples only.

The c/letter stamps certify passage of various inspection benchmarks, and represent indivisual inspectors. The leftmost stamp certifies proper hardening of the reciever and application of the chamber date; the middle stamp certifies completion of the pistol; and the last stamp certifies shooting-in and final acceptance.

The stamps themselves are the hallmarks of individual Army Inspectors. Each inspector (there were many) was assigned a stamp comprised of an Imperial crown surmounting the first letter of their last name. The right-reciever stamps can thus be combinations of many different stamps, depending on which inspector happened to be assigned to the factory at any given time, and happened to inspect the particular gun.

--Dwight

02-27-2006, 03:39 PM	#7
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Tim, The Imperial right-reciever markings shown in the Technical Information drawing are examples only. The c/letter stamps certify passage of various inspection benchmarks, and represent indivisual inspectors. The leftmost stamp certifies proper hardening of the reciever and application of the chamber date; the middle stamp certifies completion of the pistol; and the last stamp certifies shooting-in and final acceptance. The stamps themselves are the hallmarks of individual Army Inspectors. Each inspector (there were many) was assigned a stamp comprised of an Imperial crown surmounting the first letter of their last name. The right-reciever stamps can thus be combinations of many different stamps, depending on which inspector happened to be assigned to the factory at any given time, and happened to inspect the particular gun. --Dwight