Japanese Nambu, uh, I MEAN LUGER

Vlim · 02-04-2005, 03:47 PM

Hi Bob,

During 1939 and 1940, the Dutch were in a hassle, reorganizing troops and modifying ID-tags on weapons accordingly. So not all the markings used were 'by the book' and not all were documented.

The Dutch used the original magazines, like the one shown with the little spring catch at first, but switched to normal magazines later. I have seen normal nickleplated wood-bottom (one retaining pin) Dutch magazines and also blue-tubed ones with a wood bottom, similar to some that surfaced with Portuguese pistols. In my opionion, all three are correct for a Dutch luger.

After some further research, I'm pretty sure that Koninklijke Marine is the correct meaning of your KM tag.

02-04-2005, 03:47 PM	#18
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Bob, During 1939 and 1940, the Dutch were in a hassle, reorganizing troops and modifying ID-tags on weapons accordingly. So not all the markings used were 'by the book' and not all were documented. The Dutch used the original magazines, like the one shown with the little spring catch at first, but switched to normal magazines later. I have seen normal nickleplated wood-bottom (one retaining pin) Dutch magazines and also blue-tubed ones with a wood bottom, similar to some that surfaced with Portuguese pistols. In my opionion, all three are correct for a Dutch luger. After some further research, I'm pretty sure that Koninklijke Marine is the correct meaning of your KM tag.