Artillery Opinion

George Anderson · 05-20-2003, 03:03 PM

Boys, I took a minute to compare irons to pistols on a few of my LP08's with matching stock irons. 1914 Erfurt, 1914 DWM, 1915,1916&1917. The 1914 Erfurt, 1915 and 1917 I can certify are 100%. The two DWM's have SN's that include the rounded numeral 3. In both cases the stock iron is identical and includes the suffix. The Erfurt may have been made with a different die and does not include the suffix. It may be that Erfurt did not make irons and the pieces were joined-up prior to issue. There is no proof on the iron and we all know the government employees at Erfurt were bongos for proofs. The DWM 1914 and 1916 do not match their irons as far as size goes but the two irons are a perfect match to each other - they are conterfeits sold to me by a very well known Luger Dealer west of the Pecos.

Does anyone out there know of an Erfurt proofed iron?

05-20-2003, 03:03 PM	#5
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Boys, I took a minute to compare irons to pistols on a few of my LP08's with matching stock irons. 1914 Erfurt, 1914 DWM, 1915,1916&1917. The 1914 Erfurt, 1915 and 1917 I can certify are 100%. The two DWM's have SN's that include the rounded numeral 3. In both cases the stock iron is identical and includes the suffix. The Erfurt may have been made with a different die and does not include the suffix. It may be that Erfurt did not make irons and the pieces were joined-up prior to issue. There is no proof on the iron and we all know the government employees at Erfurt were bongos for proofs. The DWM 1914 and 1916 do not match their irons as far as size goes but the two irons are a perfect match to each other - they are conterfeits sold to me by a very well known Luger Dealer west of the Pecos. Does anyone out there know of an Erfurt proofed iron?