Point of claification: As I understand it, a numbered waffenampt stamp was assigned to a particular officer, who may have had other personel assisting him. It was the responsibility that officer to inspect and approve a particular item for acceptance by the military. If the item was up to spec it was stamped with the waffenampt. In the case of holsters, an inspector might be assigned to inspect several holster manufacturers whose factories were located in a designated area. All holsters inspected by that officer would bear the same waffenamt #. If the officer was tranfered to a different area, his stamp went with him.
Manufacturers, on the other hand, were assigned lettered codes, e.g., bml.
Plumb forgot about this data being included in Constanzo. Interesting to note the conflicting opinions held by Walther and Constanzo regarding the type of business conducted by Schnellpressenfabrik AG. Tom A, are any of your Wa 107 stamped holsters stamped with the maker's letter code? As indicated in Constanzo, officer 107, in addition to K.W.K and Auwaerter was also responsible for inspecting Hans Romer.
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