Police ~~ rig

[Edward Tinker]

Well, not a rig in the normal sense, but bought this luger, then was offered the weimar police bayonet later (no scabberd). They were about kissing cousins in the police armory.

The luger started life a navy luger, (see 1916 on the left) and then was refurbished by the Reichswehr, date stamped 1920 and served in the weimar police, receiving a sear and a magazine safety.

It is police unit marked S.W.I 1036 and the Weimar Police bayonet is marked S.W.I. 807


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This quote is from Don Maus' work on Schupo police:

Wiesbaden
A separate Schupo marking (S.Wi.) was specified in the 1922 marking order for the occupied part of the Wiesbaden district. This included the city of Wiesbaden which was directly across the Rhine from Mainz, the headquarters of the French occupation forces.
Because of separatist activity, the Schupo, which had been accepted by the French, was armed by the occupying troops in September 1923. The listing of Prussian police offices confirms that this portion of the district was still occupied in 1929. Weapons of the unoccupied part of the district were marked S.W.