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Unread 03-24-2008, 09:48 AM   #78
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A word about the Loewe/DWM 'transition':

DWM, or Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken A.G., was set up in 1897 by Ludw. Loewe & Cie. Loewe had purchased the Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik in Karlsruhe and decided to group it's military production into one company, so they founded DWM, with locations in Karlsruhe (former DM) and Berlin (the Loewe arms production part).

Nothing much changed for the Berlin based Loewe weapons branch and staff, just a new name on the stationary and the outside wall, that's all.

So there's nothing weird or mysterious about Georg Luger walking around with a Loewe marked C/93 in those days.
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