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Edward Tinker · 05-09-2003, 02:46 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />I wonder if someone can tell me anything about a 1918 dated Erfurt Luger I recently purchased. In addition to all the usual markings it is also stamped "made in Germany", in English oddly enough. I read somewhere that many of the Lugers made in 1918 at Erfurt were actually stamped 1917. The serial number on my gun is only 5112 which would be consistent with a small production run of guns dated 1918, but why the "made in Germany" stamp? ... It was my understanding that most guns released after the war were given a 1920 date, sometimes as a "double date"...<hr /></blockquote>Hello Marcus and welcome!

I just read the story about the "possibility" of "some" Lugers made in 1918 at Erfurt were actually stamped 1917 in Walters, the Luger Story. One of those theories, that is hard to tell if true.

As Lonnie stated, the 1920 was a property marking by the Reichswehr, although many guns did not get stamped. Then other guns were sold trying to generate funds for the company, and so the Made In Germany was stamped as an importing stamp for the USA.

Ed

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,608 Times in 2,123 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I wonder if someone can tell me anything about a 1918 dated Erfurt Luger I recently purchased. In addition to all the usual markings it is also stamped "made in Germany", in English oddly enough. I read somewhere that many of the Lugers made in 1918 at Erfurt were actually stamped 1917. The serial number on my gun is only 5112 which would be consistent with a small production run of guns dated 1918, but why the "made in Germany" stamp? ... It was my understanding that most guns released after the war were given a 1920 date, sometimes as a "double date"...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hello Marcus and welcome! I just read the story about the "possibility" of "some" Lugers made in 1918 at Erfurt were actually stamped 1917 in Walters, the Luger Story. One of those theories, that is hard to tell if true. As Lonnie stated, the 1920 was a property marking by the Reichswehr, although many guns did not get stamped. Then other guns were sold trying to generate funds for the company, and so the Made In Germany was stamped as an importing stamp for the USA. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV