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mrerick · 12-17-2012, 08:05 PM

Hi, I re-posted this over here since discussion isn't allowed in the for sale forum.

Also, I checked the B-1 appendix in Hallock and van de Kant's "The Mauser Parabellum" and none of this period's magazine serial numbers show the kind of seraph font that the "9" digits in this one have.

The dies used left digits with a different appearance.

You asked on the other forum about what this means. It's possible that this was ground and re-stamped somewhere other than the factory. That could also account for the loss of one of the Waffenamt digits (the leading 6).

Look at it on end for roundness.

Marc

12-17-2012, 08:05 PM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Hi, I re-posted this over here since discussion isn't allowed in the for sale forum. Also, I checked the B-1 appendix in Hallock and van de Kant's "The Mauser Parabellum" and none of this period's magazine serial numbers show the kind of seraph font that the "9" digits in this one have. The dies used left digits with a different appearance. You asked on the other forum about what this means. It's possible that this was ground and re-stamped somewhere other than the factory. That could also account for the loss of one of the Waffenamt digits (the leading 6). Look at it on end for roundness. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.