Recoil lug markings observed on single guns:
1914 Erfurt LP08 letter & symbol stamps
1917 DWM LP08 letter & symbol stamps
1917 DWM Navy letter & symbol stamps, last two digits of serial#
1900AE last three digits of (5-digit) serial#
1936 S/42 letter stamp
1920 DWM Commercial no marks
The 1910/1914 orders for marking the P-08 (Still, Imperial Lugers) shows no marking specified for the recoil lug. Still (ibid.) shows a 1908 Commercial with the last two digits of a 5-digit number; and (in Weimar Lugers) a 1921 DWM, Swiss Cross chamber marking, Abercrombie & Fitch, with no marking.
--Dwight
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