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Originally Posted by jags
Is there anyway to date a military frame without the barrel date?
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Now that some photos are available, it is possible to answer a number of questions.
The upper is probably from a reworked Landjägerei 1917 DWM LP08 as described in
http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=20449. The brad on the sear safety appears to be blued indicating the upper was reblued sometime after the safety was installed.
The frame appears to have the serial number 2905s. If this is correct, it is almost certainly from a 29 DWM, manufactured in 1929. The marking on the grip strap (
L.T.8.) is from the Landjägerei of the district of Trier and further supports that the frame is from one of the 29 DWMs that were issued to the police in 1929-30.
The grip strap marking is quite rare (HWIS pp.194-5).