Hello Ron and Roberto,
In the book written by Horst Rutsch, "Faustfeuerwaffen Der Eidgenossen", on pages 169, 171, 177, there are M1900 pistols # 387, # 369, # 389 that also appear to stretch this "no Vogelsang" variation a bit higher. They are also a 1900 model, type I thumb safety lever, and only appears to have the small swiss crosses and no Vogelsang stampings...based on what I can see in the photos presented in the book.
Has any one determined when Vogelsang's mark started appearing on lugers...? Might it have been with the type II thumb safety models...?
p.s. Ron, on the topic of M1906/34 Swiss Mauser lugers with the "Kal. 7,65" inscriptions we were trading e-mails on; in the same Rutsch book on page 241 is shown such a beast...serial # 3877v...
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />