Gauges marked MdI

mauro · 09-18-2006, 04:13 PM

Hello Gents,
I have some P08 gauges marked MdI. Do you have any idea about the meaning of this acronyms.
Thank you for the help.
Cheers,
Mauro

Vlim · 09-18-2006, 04:34 PM

Ministerium des Innern?

mauro · 09-18-2006, 05:10 PM

I guess they are made just after the WWII. What do you think Gerben?
Thank you.
Ciao
Mauro

Vlim · 09-18-2006, 05:49 PM

Hi Mauro,

For our Non-German viewers:
"Ministerium des Innern (MdI)" would translate as the "ministry of interior".

Quite probable, East-Germany looks like a good candidate. As they were using the P08, they would have needed the tools to check and maintain them.

Don M · 09-18-2006, 05:51 PM

Mauro,

These would have been for police use. The police used Lugers from the beginning of the Weimar era, so the gauges could date anywhere from 1919.

Schupo · 09-18-2006, 08:51 PM

Mauro,

Don is quite right, these are Police gauges. They whould be East German as DDR Polizei issue items were generally marked "MdI" for Ministry of the Interior.

mauro · 09-19-2006, 01:19 PM

Thank you guys for the help. Really appreciated.
Cheers,
Mauro

09-18-2006, 04:13 PM	#1
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 350 Times in 129 Posts	Gauges marked MdI Hello Gents, I have some P08 gauges marked MdI. Do you have any idea about the meaning of this acronyms. Thank you for the help. Cheers, Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

09-18-2006, 05:10 PM	#3
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 350 Times in 129 Posts	I guess they are made just after the WWII. What do you think Gerben? Thank you. Ciao Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

09-18-2006, 05:51 PM	#5
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Mauro, These would have been for police use. The police used Lugers from the beginning of the Weimar era, so the gauges could date anywhere from 1919. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

09-18-2006, 08:51 PM	#6
Schupo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City Metro Posts: 206 Thanks: 1 Thanked 102 Times in 47 Posts	Mauro, Don is quite right, these are Police gauges. They whould be East German as DDR Polizei issue items were generally marked "MdI" for Ministry of the Interior. __________________ "You can't please everyone, so you have got to please yourself." Ricky Nelson

09-19-2006, 01:19 PM	#7
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 350 Times in 129 Posts	Thank you guys for the help. Really appreciated. Cheers, Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

09-18-2006, 04:34 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Ministerium des Innern?

09-18-2006, 05:49 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Mauro, For our Non-German viewers: "Ministerium des Innern (MdI)" would translate as the "ministry of interior". Quite probable, East-Germany looks like a good candidate. As they were using the P08, they would have needed the tools to check and maintain them.