Wilhelm,
I don't want to hijack Mauro's thread but yes, the Volkspolizei Waffenmeister organization had an extensive rework program. Do you have Dieter Marshall's book, "handguns of the Armed Organizations of the Soviet Occupation Zone and German Democratic Republic?"
I like police reworks and collect them. The K43 does not seem to have been a police structure weapon but the VP rewoked some weapons that were secondary issue.
How is yours marked? I am familiar with the standard DDR markings found on reworks. For instance, I have a VP reworked Kar.98 (a standard secondary structure weapon) that went through the standard VP rework process and bears the normally found markings. That is to say, the new VEB Th�¤lmann Werk barrel is both 1001 and MdI marked. The standard force match of serial numbered parts (new and old). New Suhl Nitro proofs on barrel, chamber, and bolt. Techniche G�¼te- u. Lieferbedingungen second quality marking on the stock.
How is yours marked?
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