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Unread 11-20-2006, 10:01 PM   #24
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The marking on the front grip strap, along with the evidence of the pistol having had both sear and magazine safeties almost certainly identifies the frame a being a DWM that was manufactured and issued to the Prussian Landj�¤gerei (rural constabulary) in 1929. It was weapon 15 of the Landj�¤gerei of the administrative district of Magedeburg. The letter suffix would be either s, t or u, strongly supporting its identification as u.

Clearly, the toggle train was replaced with the later Mauser S/42 train.
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