Crown means what?
 

I recently purchase a 1913 Efurt P08 rig that included a nice holster and tool. I have attached a picture of the tool, it appears to be a crown over either old German letter F,I or J. I assume this is a vey common tool. Appreciate your comments.

Hi Joseph, At the risk of getting my head chopped off, I think it's a DWM Crown/V.
Regards, Norm

Joe, moved this to its own thread :)

Using all the electronic imagery I have , I think I see a crown/F on the tool, and a crown/ Roman numeral 3.

Luger Tool
 

I wasn't sure about the letter on the tool. It does look like the F, but old German letters I and J look almost identical to the F.

The mark on the holster is quite clear and is the Roman numeral three.

Thanks

Aldo35:thumbup:

The crown on your tool is WW1 era Imperial over an inspector's initial. The one on the holster is WW1 era Bavarian. TH

Bavaria has had 3 Army Corps during the Imperial time and the C/III indicates that the holster belonged to a unit of the III Bavarian Army Corps. One can found the C/I to III only on 1918 dated holsters and that has the same meaning as the LZA stamps on Prussian holsters....
By the way: The tool has the (DWM/ Spandau) C/F acceptance and I think there is a letter or a number on the bended part of the tool. There is a (DWM/ Spandau) C/I tool that looks very similar to the C/F tool.