New Artillery
 

Hi there,

just picked up two new artillery:

1917 DWM unit marked and 1917/1920 DWM.

This is my small artillery collection. From the top:

1914 Erfurt
1917 DWM both sight fine tuned
1917 DWM rear sight only
1917 DWM no sight fine tune
1917/1920 DWM rear sight only

Ciao

Alberto

May we see the unit mark and detailed photos of the LP08?

Hello George,

actually i have only the detail of the unit mark. I'll post more pics of this gun soon.

Ciao

Alberto

Alberto, thanks for the photo. I look forward to seeing more details of the pistol.

George,

more pics. sorry for the quality but is taken with artificial light. The sun light is better :)

Ciao

Alberto

Alberto, there are parts of the unit mark thaat I acn not read. What exactly is the unit mark? Can you write it out for us?
Thanks.

George,
I fooled around with the image and came up with something that doesn't make a lot of sense...perhaps you can point us in the right direction. It looks like - 1.B.23/r. - to me,

It's an odd one, perhaps Reichswehr.

Could it be 1.B.234. ?
The 4 may be poorly struck.

I think Geo is correct. It's an early Reichswehr mark. 1st Battery 23rd Artillery Regt./reitende abteilung. A mounted messenger for an Artillery unit. A very neat unit mark...

Ron

Hi all,

i'll check better and i'll write the mark.

Ciao

Alberto

Difficult to say.

It could be 234 or 23/r.

Attached more pics with the detail of the number.

Alberto

With this clarification my thought is First Bavarian Infantry Regiment, weapon 234. I may be way off but the mark is not according to any German army directives Imperial or Weimar.

An odd marking. I was really hoping that it was /r. Reitende markings are rare.