DWM 1918 unit markings

[George Anderson]

Originally posted by BBB
This is the same pistol Lyn.

One more thing to bring to the discussion, and this might only cause confusion is the source of the markings. The straight-topped 3 on my P.08 looks alot like the 3's I've seen on Russian M91/30 rifles (straight top and curl at the curl at the end of the bottom). Suppose this pistol was send to the Landwehr Regiment, then stationed in Russia, it might make sense that it was marked with available tools, even utilizing Russian tools.
Out there yes, but what do you guys think?

I think that you are really grasping at straws with the notion that the marking could have been made with a Russian set of tools...None of the cyrillic alphabets include the letters "L" and "R" and only the Ukrainian alphabet includes a substitute for the letter "I". Also keep in mind that the Russians were effectivly out of the war by the time this pistol would have reached the troops.