Last weekend at a local show, I picked up a 1914 Erfurt LPO8. Unfortunately nickel plated with a couple of mismatched small parts (I've already sold it as a shooter). But what was interesting, is that in addition to the crown/L normal inspector's stamp on the front of the trigger guard, it was stamped with a large "flowing W" on the very top of the front grip strap where it meets the trigger guard and directly below the mag release button. Does anyone know for sure what this indicates? If I were to guess, I might call this a Wruttenberg state "acceptance". Tom H.
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