Hi Dwight,
I was just checking out Jan Still's Imperial Lugers and found on page 20 that there is a reference to 1908 First Issue as being the 1st installment of about 25000 lugers, per the DWM contract of 50,000, in the serial number range 34 - 4828b.
This seems to jive with what I had been told in my first post.
However, unless I have screwed up the math, the S/N range of 34 - 4828b only comes in around 14450...so that may well be what is considered the "1st Issue 1908 Military".
Richard
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