Need help identifying mark

mrerick · 03-04-2010, 10:33 AM

Alvin, it almost looks like Mauser was trying to mimic the DWM logotype.

Just speculation, but I wonder if WM could relate to "Weimar Mauser" and "RM" to "Reich Mauser" or something similar...

If the RM inspection mark was used in 1938 through 1941, it's possible that the Banner Mauser forward toggle was a left over from a prior manufacturing run, and used for a military contract gun when "byf" parts were unavailable.

Are there any known examples of this?

Marc

alvin · 03-04-2010, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrerick

Just speculation, but I wonder if WM could relate to "Weimar Mauser" and "RM" to "Reich Mauser" or something similar...

No. "WM" stamp of same style not only appears on post WWI gun, it also appears on pre WWI gun.

The earliest "WM" grip that I have seen is on commercial flatside Mauser, circa 1900. The last WM grip that I've seen was on so call French Gendarme variation, circa 1919.

No Weimar on guns. The official name of the postwar republic was not Weimar. It's only a nickname used by historians.

A clearer picture of WM copied from Hermann Historica:

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03-04-2010, 10:33 AM	#1
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Alvin, it almost looks like Mauser was trying to mimic the DWM logotype. Just speculation, but I wonder if WM could relate to "Weimar Mauser" and "RM" to "Reich Mauser" or something similar... If the RM inspection mark was used in 1938 through 1941, it's possible that the Banner Mauser forward toggle was a left over from a prior manufacturing run, and used for a military contract gun when "byf" parts were unavailable. Are there any known examples of this? Marc