Question
 

I picked up a 1918 DWM it is a police gun. What is this unit mark?

G.K.128.

Thanks Russ

According to Noll it is a Garde-Cuirassier regiment.

--Dwight

Thanks Dwight

Russ,

I assume the pistol has a sear safety and possibly a mag safety since you called it a police gun. This may be a marking of the Gendarmeriekorps of Oldenburg. Can you post photos of the gun and marking along with the serial number and any other unique markings?

Don

Yes it has a sear safety. But no mag safety

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/mvc047s.jpg

Russ

Russ,

I'd go with Don here. The marking isn't quite in the Imperial Army format, and it looks like there is removal of some kind of mark.

--Dwight

Russ, thanks for the info and photo. My ID still stands. I have records of several 1908 Commercial Lugers marked G.K.xx. on their chambers during the Imperial era (xx. matches the serial number on these guns) but yours is the first I have seen with a Weimar-era marking. May I have permission to publish the photo of your grip strap in my book? If you have a higher-resolution version of it, that would be even better.

Don

Please email me at rewithem@msn.com

Thanks Russ