Don,
There is no new evidence that might explain the difference between the "a couple of thousand" mentioned by August Weiss, and the number of 15,000 (Police) Luger pistols that was calculated based upon the reported pistols having a blank toggle in the s, t, and u block (1928-1929).
There is one new theory, however. After the control committee of the Allies left Germany (early 1927), DWM started to produce pistols having a 9mm barrel for the Dutch East Indies Army, and also for the Dutch Navy. In view of the fact that the Police took over the "couple of thousand" pistols remaining from the cancelled Riff contract, it might have been seducing opportunity to add many more pistols, and fit them with a 9mm barrel. The blank toggle would help to conceal this operation. The Treaty of Versailles Regulations were still in force.
Well - this is just a theory - but it might explain also why most of the 9mm barrels seem to have been originally mounted in the DWM factory.
Next month I will be in Germany again, looking for more evidence.
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Joop
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