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[Edward Tinker]

I think this is in the FAQ, but off the top of my head (NOTE: Its not in FAQ, if someone writes up a statement on serial number marking, both military and commercial, I will add it)

Erfurts were ONLY made pre-war and during the war - they were shut down after 1918

they went to 10,000 then a letter (suffix) 'a' and then 10k then 'b' etc, it was not tied to month / each year (or close to it) the numbering started over

that is why legally if you were to state you erfurt, you would say, it is a 1917 Erfurt, 4 inch, sn 4344d in 9mm

[danielsand]

Thank you. I was in FAQ but I must've missed it.

So,.....the first "batch" of 10000 in 1918 did not have sufix, next batch had "A", and each 10000 batch after, had a different suffix? Do you maybe know, what was the last suffix known for 1918 production?

I just noticed your note (happens when you do ten things at the same time!). So that info is not in FAQ. I guess what I'm trying to determine (approximately) when was my Parabellum made. Did they run the manufacture to the end of the year? What's the last known suffix,......stuff like that. Does anyone know what was the montly production? (I've read somewhere that they made 175000 pistols in 1918,...true or not? If they operated till the end of the year, they were making appx. 14,5K each month. If someone can confirm these numbers, it would be fairly easy to calculate the appx month this pistol was produced.