1914 Erfurt dilemma III

drbuster · 08-20-2002, 11:57 PM

As promised, I took my 1914 Erfurt #9912 "q" to the Reno show. It was examined by Ralph Shattuck, Bob Lewis, Pete Ebbink, and several others, including Forum members. Everyone agreed that the suffix was indeed a "q". The matching clip also has the "q". Ralph insisted that the 1914 Erfurt, recently sold to an individual in Texas, #5523"r", was also original and matching. It has TWO matching clips. The question of where were the other thousands of "c"-"p"1914 Erfurts of course arose. One conclusion was that there was a skip of suffixes (heat of battle production). There is no doubt that these two pieces exist and are not messed with. My hope is that others with 1914 Erfurts will post their suffixes so Jan Still can build an accurate data base. We must keep an open mind to things like this. It makes the hobby more exciting.

08-20-2002, 11:57 PM	#1
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	1914 Erfurt dilemma III As promised, I took my 1914 Erfurt #9912 "q" to the Reno show. It was examined by Ralph Shattuck, Bob Lewis, Pete Ebbink, and several others, including Forum members. Everyone agreed that the suffix was indeed a "q". The matching clip also has the "q". Ralph insisted that the 1914 Erfurt, recently sold to an individual in Texas, #5523"r", was also original and matching. It has TWO matching clips. The question of where were the other thousands of "c"-"p"1914 Erfurts of course arose. One conclusion was that there was a skip of suffixes (heat of battle production). There is no doubt that these two pieces exist and are not messed with. My hope is that others with 1914 Erfurts will post their suffixes so Jan Still can build an accurate data base. We must keep an open mind to things like this. It makes the hobby more exciting.