[jamese]

I just see that we are country people; I can quickly reach for the keys...

A brief final consideration: The 6th Infantry Division belonged to the 3rd Army Corps and comprised 4 Brandenburg infantry regiments and 2 Brandenburg cavalry and field artillery regiments each. The 6th Division experienced the war in 1916 in front of Verdun and at least the Inf. Reg. 24, which was subordinate to the division, made history in that Hauptmann Haupt and Oberleutnant von Brandis took Fort Douaumont, the strongest fortification in the belt around and in front of Verdun, for which both was awarded the Order of Pour le Merite. In the 1920s, these decisive days were re-enacted in original theaters of war and with original weapons, with Phatos corresponding to the spirit of the time, with Captain Haupt playing himself; just by the way.

Another comment about the troop stamps on the hand weapons: Already in D.V.E No. 185, the “General Provisions” made a distinction between utility weapons, i.e. weapons that were regularly issued to those in need of the individual formations, and the weapons that were for formations that were only released in the Mobilization case were drawn up and remained at the artillery depots, in that the former had to be stamped by the armorers there in the troop units without additional payment, but the latter remained unstamped for the time being.

On February 9, 1912, the General War Department of the Prussian War Ministry decreed that the stamping of weapons was no longer necessary in the event of mobilization and that a firearms list should now be kept instead of the stamping lists that had previously been kept at the artillery depots.

On November 2, 1916, the AKD issued a decree that now also exempted utility weapons from the requirement for stamping.

Apparently the troops didn't understand this or there were other later orders that are no longer available, as there are a significant number of 08 pistols that have troop stamps from formations that were only formed after 1916 and were provided with different stamps, which were different from the D.V.E. No. 185 clearly differentiated.

Finally, a brief overview of which places match the troop stamp on your weapon. The following P08s, among others, were provided with these troop stamps: the P08 of the commander of the Div. Staff quarters, 8 P08 for the field commander, 10 for the divisional provisions office, 3 for divisional doctors, 2 for field justice officers, 4 for field div. Clergy and 6 for the field post expedition.