Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin
 

Does anyone know what the practice was with regard to placing the last two digits of the serial number on the rear toggle connecting pin? I have seen it both ways.


It occurs to me that, in field stipping a Luger, this pin and the trigger plate are the parts most likely to get lost, especially under battlefield conditions. Could this account for the connecting pins with no serial number?

Re: Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin
 

Luke, It's been my observation that ALL Mauser military production PO8 have the numbered rear axel and that only those DWMs and Erfurts that were reworked, also have it.

Re: Serial # on Rear Connecting Pin
 

Thank you, Tom. That is consistent with my (admittedly, limited) observation and makes sense. Probably Mauser started adding the serial # to that pin some time between WW-I and WW-II, but I have not found a reference which verifies.