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lweinlan 05-24-2008 07:52 PM

help with "Lk" markings, 1937 original Waa 145 P08 holster
 
Hello,

could someone please help me identify the meaning of the letters "Lk" that are stamped on an original WW2 P08 1937 Waa 145 holster ? Picture is attached. Thank you very much for your help.http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...776590003a.jpg

lweinlan 05-28-2008 03:38 PM

Yeahhh...I am so happy...I have the toughest question on this message board..nobody is able to answer it...
Just joking...anyway thank all for your help.

Ron Wood 05-28-2008 03:57 PM

I have been looking through all my references that list odd markings and I can't find this one. Sorry.

laoshi75 05-28-2008 04:00 PM

Hello Iweinlan,

..:)...my humble opinion: I believe this marking is not a maker's or an official stamp. The lines are too thin, not deep enough. It would be a private marking made by a soldier. is there any maker marking on your holster ?

lweinlan 05-28-2008 04:25 PM

Hello Laoshi75,

No there is no maker markings beside this "Lk". The "Lk" seems to be too perfect (made by a tool) to be a soldier marking....But I have no doubt that this holster is original WWII era.

laoshi75 05-28-2008 04:36 PM

Iweinlan,

I have no doubt your holster is original ! but like Ron, I have never seen this kind of marking.

lweinlan 05-28-2008 04:43 PM

here is another image showing the depth of the marking

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...765900028a.JPG

laoshi75 05-28-2008 04:53 PM

the lines appear better on this photo, and I think this marking might be the ordnance code of the holster manufacturer. But I cannot identify it in my archives, sorry.

laoshi75 05-28-2008 04:58 PM

...the "LK" might be a "LYO" (Kromolowski & Sohne") ?

lweinlan 05-28-2008 05:05 PM

could be ....but then it would probably be associated with a WaA 77 (the LYO code)? and did they already had the LYO abbreviation in 1937 ?

The info I have for WaA 145 is:

-Karl Barth, Milit�¤reffektenfabrik, Waldbr�¶l, Nordrhein-Westfalen : (1939)
-Deutsche Lederwerkst�¤tten GmbH, Margarethenstr. 3, Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz (jln) : (P 08 holster : 1942-43)
-Lock und Hartenberger Metallwarenfabrik, Idar-Oberstein, Rheinland-Pfalz (gqm) : (MP 40 mag. : 1942)

Lugerdoc 05-29-2008 09:47 AM

I agree that the "LK" is in the correct position to be a maker code. Anyone have any info on the logo of Ludwig Krumm of Offenbock? TH


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