Hi Klaus
My location is the northern part of Norway.
Hmmmm. Conclusion so far:
1.The WW2 naval lugers have no proof/inspection stamps applied when manufactured at the Mauser plant. The navy receives their share of 250 units a month from the production line.
2.I still do not know if the N/O markings were made on all the lugers the navy receives. The reason I ask is that I collect naval optics and only the ones that actually was a part of a ships inventory received such a number. Optics was also a part of Marinewaffenamt. A lot of WW2 navy optics can be found without these numbers.
3.Abnahmestempel? When inspected by a naval officer and given a green light it was marked with a naval eagle? Or was it a property mark engraved when they handed it out?
4.When it comes to old unissued equipment there still was some in storage at the end of WW2. It was just stacked behind all the other lugers. It is now almost a century ago and there are still some very excellent specimens out there.
Regards
Bård
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