I have this Steyr Hahn that is marked W.C. According to a curator at the Austrian military muesum, he believed that the markings signified the Wach-Korps. The military had to provide its own Wachkorper for certain civil courts in the most important/large cities in the monarchy, and they shared responsibility for police tasks in those cities.
If anyone knows anything further about this or has seen another weapon with these markings I'd love to know. Ryan
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