Police rework marking
 

I recently bought a police rework Luger and it has a sear safety, many markings and serial number overstrikes.

I found this particular stamping unusal and don't know what it means.

Any ideas?

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/img_1764a.jpg

Ken,

It's an HZa depot rework stamp. Indicating that the pistol was repaired or refurbished at HZa Depot #13.

If you are a member on Still's forum. Here's a link to a discussion on these marks.

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp...earchTerms=HZa

Ron

To add to Ron's answer, it is was Depot #13 in Ingolstadt (Jngolstadt, in German).

--Dwight

So there are 3 parts to this stamping if I understand it correctly.

HZa refers to a company
Jt is a abbreviation for Jngolstadt
13 is the depot number


The number 13 is difficult to distinguish, but knowing that is what it is, I suppose I can see it.


The last 2 numbers of the serial numbers are stamped and overstamped on the correct parts, but one on the toggle wasn't done very well.

Also the last 2 numbers were applied to the toggle pin, an indication of Nazi era rework.

HZa = Heers Zeugamt = Army weapons depot

And it's 18, rather than 13.

This depot seems to have done a lot of P-08 work.

--Dwight

It's possible that some of the overstamped serials (particularly if tbe new numbers are engraved) may be signs of a later DDR rework. TH