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Ron Smith · 06-11-2005, 11:31 PM

Hi Don,

Thanks for the hype. I have been getting a lot of requests for unit mark translations lately. I must know more than I thought I did. Or at least someone thinks I do.

Hi Mark, I can't see your photo very clearly. The mark that you believe to be a 7 is possibly a " / ". The photo below is of 3 Weimar Reichswehr unit marked lugers. Note the slashes. When the Germany Army was reorganized after WWI. They change their unit marking methods or 'codes ', for lack of a better term.

Almost all (not all) Reichswehr[post WWI] unit marks have a "/ "incorporated. As the three below.

These translate as~

1. 15th Batterie / Artillery Regiment 3 weapon #58

2. 2nd Eskadron(Squadron) / Reiter (cavalry) Regiment 1 weapon #46

3. 3rd Eskadron / Reiter Regiment 8 weapon #66

This is an Imerial or WWI marking. Actually three. The pistol went through three different regiments

102nd Regiment Train SanitÃ?Â¤ts( Medical train) 3rd Company weapon #223

108th Schutzen Regiment ("Sharpshooter Infantry" more or less) 2nd Company weapon #19

98th Infantry Regiment 8th Company weapon #11

And you can see that the armorer flubbed and had to overstamp the 8 with an R. The 108th unit marking is also an error possibly. It should have been 108.R.2.19. So you can tell that these can be difficult to translate sometimes.

This is 164th Infantry Regiment 1st Company weapon #1

As far as the police marking goes. Don is much better than I am on these.

Don,
My thought would be that this pistol was religated to a police unit in the late 30s, while the Reichswehr was being armed with newer Mauser produced Lugers. That could account for the lack of sear safety. It may have been over looked. Just my opinion.

Thanks, Ron

06-11-2005, 11:31 PM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Don, Thanks for the hype. I have been getting a lot of requests for unit mark translations lately. I must know more than I thought I did. Or at least someone thinks I do. Hi Mark, I can't see your photo very clearly. The mark that you believe to be a 7 is possibly a " / ". The photo below is of 3 Weimar Reichswehr unit marked lugers. Note the slashes. When the Germany Army was reorganized after WWI. They change their unit marking methods or 'codes ', for lack of a better term. Almost all (not all) Reichswehr[post WWI] unit marks have a "/ "incorporated. As the three below. These translate as~ 1. 15th Batterie / Artillery Regiment 3 weapon #58 2. 2nd Eskadron(Squadron) / Reiter (cavalry) Regiment 1 weapon #46 3. 3rd Eskadron / Reiter Regiment 8 weapon #66 This is an Imerial or WWI marking. Actually three. The pistol went through three different regiments 102nd Regiment Train SanitÃ?Â¤ts( Medical train) 3rd Company weapon #223 108th Schutzen Regiment ("Sharpshooter Infantry" more or less) 2nd Company weapon #19 98th Infantry Regiment 8th Company weapon #11 And you can see that the armorer flubbed and had to overstamp the 8 with an R. The 108th unit marking is also an error possibly. It should have been 108.R.2.19. So you can tell that these can be difficult to translate sometimes. This is 164th Infantry Regiment 1st Company weapon #1 As far as the police marking goes. Don is much better than I am on these. Don, My thought would be that this pistol was religated to a police unit in the late 30s, while the Reichswehr was being armed with newer Mauser produced Lugers. That could account for the lack of sear safety. It may have been over looked. Just my opinion. Thanks, Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...