The Revisions-Commission was an inspection office in the DWM and Erfurt manufacturing plant.
P-08 were inspected constantly during their manufacture by Inspectors assigned by the Spandau government arsenal. The Inspectors' stamps (noteable on Erfurt pistols, noteworthy by their absence on DWM guns) were the Inspector's personal guarantee that the part met the applicable standard.
Occasionally a part would be 'out of tolerance' in some fashion, not badly enough to be rejected but questionable--a size or fit problem, hardness of some non-critical part, etc. These parts would be taken before the Revisions-Commission which would determine the part's "go/no-go" status. Parts which were deemed suitable for use would be stamped by the applicable inspector, and also given the crown/RC Revisions-Commission stamp affirming the part's usability.
The practical effect of this stamp was to absolve the Inspector of responsibility in case the part subsequently failed in use.
The c/RC stamp has no bearing on the time of the particular gun's production. It has nothing to do with reissue or rework. It could be said that it represents the limit of acceptable construction. It warrants that the pistol so marked is (or was) "safe to shoot" in its year of manufacture, but as in the case of all decades-old firearms one would do well to have it checked out by a knowledgable gunsmith before firing it.
--Dwight
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