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11-30-2010, 06:23 PM | #1 |
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My 1914 erfurt
thought I'd throw up a couple of pics of my 1914 erfurt.
it's a low ser. No. (low 2 thous) all matching with 2 No. matching Mag's. also the holster was made by a German POW in my fathers charge after the war. outside of the proof marks there are no other stampings..other than the G.K. 71. on the grip frame under the trigger. I have fired this gun many times with 115G FMJ ammo and I have to say its one of the best shooting handgins I have. if anyone could tell me what the G.K. 71. stands for would be cool. thank's Matt. |
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Your father kept a POW after the war??? That can't be legal...
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I suspect it was a POW formerly in his father's charge. I have known of a couple of former German POWs that remained in the US after the war and became exemplary US citizens.
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I also have a totally correct Erfurt rig dated 1914 with grip strap markings of: G.K.122
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this was not in the U.S. he was in charge of a group of pow's at war's end and for a time after.... before release.
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That looks like a very nice Luger and it's a 1914 Erfurt with 2 matching mags.
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POWs captured by the US, British, and French did two years in a POW camp after the war...POWs captured by the Russians did 10 years... My next door neighbor "Erich" was a Russian capture POW...He likes to come over and laugh at my Doberman and Weimaraner...
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G.K.71. probably indicates Garde-Kurassier-Regiment, Stab Waffe 71. Or weapon nr.71 of the staff of the Guard Currassair Regiment. I would like to know the actual serial number with letter sufix of the pistol.
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The pics are a little fuzzy but don't I see a sear safety indicating post WWI police use?
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there is no letter suffix after the ser. # which is 2224.
sear safety ? explain. I'll see if I can get a better pic..what is it you would like to see? Matt. |
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Maybe I'm dreaming, but I think I can see a sear safety.
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I believe I definitely see a sear safety, indicating transfer to police service and probable rework after WW1. That may explain the relieved sear bar which should NOT be on an original 1914 dated Erfurt military. Matt, please look closely at the grip screws. If original to the gun, there should be a small proof marked stamped on each grip screw. Last, but not least, if original, the magazine bottoms should have two acceptance marks on them and not one. If this luger was put into police service, the magazines could have been replacements with metal bottoms...the picture is too poor to tell.
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I'll work on some better pics...its just a point and shoot. Matt. Last edited by hammered54; 11-30-2010 at 11:32 PM. |
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I exchanged correspondence with Reinhard Kornmeyer in 1997 regarding the meaning of these grip strap markings. He was of the opinion that they could NOT mean Garde Kurraisier Regt Satff because there were not that many pistols in the staff HQ of such a unit (mine is numbered 122). I am not endorsing his view, only repeating it. He cited references at the time which seemed to validate his point. Don Maus told me in a note in Auto Mag that he believed this marking was for Gendarmierie Korps of Hesse. Also, Reinhard also cited a third Luger with grip strap markings of G.K.100
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Police lugers can have replacement aluminum bottomed magazines, but you also find them with wood and aluminum bases (see pg xxx Police Lugers, serial # 724 as an example...oh sorry, its not printed yet ) Anyway, you can find them both ways, or just wood or jsut aluminum, it all depends on if the magazines gave out, then they would be replaced. But, I am sure that is a police sear safety that I see... (mostly likely your magaiznes have a #1 and #2 also on the base) To take the best pictures, use plenty of light, even cheaper digitals can take decen pictures in in-direct lighting such as light shade or by a window, but the sun not glaring on them. Ed
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Matt, er REALLY need better photos, including the magazine bottoms.
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Based on my collection of unit marked Lugers added to Jeff Noll's I detect a pattern of issue by unit type. I have dozens of cavalry unit marked Lugers dated 1910 recorded but no cavalry staff weapons recorded until 1913 and then only three, two DWM's to Uhlan regiments and one Erfurt sn 321a marked G.K.29. The 1914 dated Lugers in my list include six staff marked pistols, three DWM and three Erfurts. Among the three Erfurts two a G.K. stamped, yours and the one shown above and their serial numbers are rather close(2224 and 2446) leading me to believe they were stamped in 1914. Just playing the odds. |
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Ed, regarding the yet to be printed page xxx of " Police Lugers " could I hope for an e-book version ??? just wishing from a future buyer of yet to be printed book..... Cheers, Andrew
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