Police Property Numbers
 

Property numbers were assigned to all manner of items. In Goertz book, he has copies of illustrations showing the Prussian Police marking system with where to mark pistols, rifles, bayonets, etc, etc,etc. Since there is nothing in the records to indicate that there was a separate system or "fenced numbers" for Lugers, it seems very reasonable to infer that all property numbers in a department were simply sequential and Number 118 may be a Luger while Number 119 might be a trommelmagazine.

In any event, a police expert such as Joe Wotka is probably the guy to answer this; I belive he and Jan Still are buds; if so, perhaps Jan will read this and pose the hypothesis to Joe.

Tom A. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Jan, while you are at it, please invite Joe to join the Lugerforum... thanks

Tom A.
According to a 5 April 1922 Directive of the Prussian Minister of the Interior
".....They will receive the symbol for the Schutzpolizei and each kind of weapon will carry a consecutive weapon number."

Of interest is a Luger shown on page v and 153 of Weimar Lugers. Its a 1929 DWM marked L.D.111 (Landjagerei Dusseldorf weapon no. 111) on its front strap.This luger came complete with a Prussian State police Bayonet marked L.D.111 and a police holster, tool and two mags marked L.D.111. Apparentally some police units marked associated Luger accessories with the same unit number found on the Luger. Period police photographs show the luger, Bayonet and all accessories stored together.

John S.
Joe Wotka previously posted on the old forum. He left for the same reason that Tom A. indicated in his post on Buy Books, Read, and Study. He would be a valuable addition and I will discuss it with him again.
Jan