The marking on Nick's Luger has the identical font & sizes as G.K.128. illustrated in HWIS on p. 258. While there is no documentary proof, I continue to believe these grip strap markings are most likely those of the early Weimar-era Hessian Gendarmeriekorps and the chamber G.K. markings are Imperial-era markings of the same force for the reasons enumerated in HWIS. In addition, the inventory numbers on the grip strap markings are significantly larger than was specified in the 1909 instruction (2.1 mm). Even if the Garde Kürassier did not include squadron numbers, I suspect they would have used the specified font size for inventory numbers.
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