Luger marking
 

I have a german luger made in 1921. I've done some research online as to the markings etc. But There is a marking I didnt see in my research. Below the trigger guard, the steel strip that goes down the middle of the two grips is this stamped into it:
16./J.R.21.25. Anyone have any idea what that is?
Thanks
Ray

Hi Raye and welcome to the forum, I am not able to decipher which unit your pistol belonged to as I do not have a reference book that gives that information but you're in luck because there are other members here that can do that, check back later and I'm certain you will have your answer.

Lon

Hi Ray, It's a Weimar unit mark: 16th Infantry Regiment, 21st Company, Weapon #25.
Regards, Norm

Thanks Norm, Any Idea what the J.R. is?

Infantry Regiment - J is same as I in old german alphabet

Norme, you have it reversed...

Company 16 / Infantry Regt 21 weapon 25.

21st Infantry Regt was part of the 17th Infantry Division garrisoned at Nuremberg. The 17th Infantry Div. took part in the 1939 invasion of Poland. In Oct 1942 it was renamed the 21st Grenadier Regt.

"After the war against Poland, the 17th Infantry Division was withdrawn to Germany and then took part in the battle of France, as part of XIIIth Corps. Afterwards, in the summer of 1940, the division trained for taking part in the abortive invasion of England.

In 1941 it participated in Operation Barbarossa as part of Army Group Center. In the fall of 1941 it took part in the Battle of Moscow. After sustaining heavy losses, it was withdrawn to France in June, 1942.

The division returned to the Eastern Front in April, 1943, fighting around river Mius, Nikopol, Uman, Chişinău and Iaşi. In August, 1944 the unit was shifted to Poland and fought to contain Soviet bridgeheads on the Vistula river, around Warka and Radom. It remained in this sector until it was heavily damaged in the course of the Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive in January, 1945.

The division was then reconstituted from its remnants and fought in April and May 1945 in the area around Görlitz. At the end of the war it was located in the Riesengebirge mountains (today Karkonosze)."

Hi Ron, See what happens when you're not around, everything goes to pot!
Best regards, Norm