In the same article Kenyon also has changed his mind about the 1920 Commercial and 1923 Commercial designation even though this is mentioned repeatedly in his book L@R. He explains that DWM picked up at approximately serial number 76100 for the commercial Lugers manufactured late in 1918 and had reached serial number 96000 by mid 1920. Apparently DWM received a military contract for Lugers which were chamber dated 1920 and 1921 and were serial numbered in the military fashion of ns, a, and b letter suffix.
He then puts forth the theory that DWM jumped to the letter suffix i on the commercial pistols as the letter i is the 9th letter of the alphabet and the commercial range was in the 90,000 range, and DWM did not want to use a six digit serial number due to limited space on the frame. This had been discussed by collectors for years, but was finally put in print when Jan Still brought out his Weimar Luger book.
The 1920 and 1923 Commercial designation has been used so long that it has become the only way that we recognize the 5 digit commercials and the 4 digit with alpha suffix serial number. Dealers continue to use it for this reason, just as the "Double Date" has become a part of our description of Reichswehr property marked Lugers.
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