White Monograms

Vlim · 02-29-2004, 08:36 AM

Dwight,

Yes. The double-sided stamping and white filling was mentioned on the contract blue-prints.

Literal text:

'Fur Mod.Holland is "geladen" rechts u. links aufzuschlagen u. die schrift weiB auszulegen s.zchng 204850'

'For the Dutch model "geladen" is to be stamped on right and left and the text filled in with white, see drawing 204850'

One other thing I noticed, btw, in the 'Dutch Luger' there are some construction drawings (with GL's signature) of the 'model 1904' luger (with the coil spring rather than the leaf), that came from the archives of the Dutch government arsenal. These drawings show the navy-style radius magazine knobs in stead of the the 'normal' pattern.
(the drawing even states 'rechts und links je 3 ringe eindrehen') (twist in 3 rings left and right)

Funny thing is that these drawings do not depict the 'Marine Modell 1904', but just the 'new pattern coil spring' lugers with 9mm barrels.

Frankly, this completely derails NvG's assumption that the rings on the knobs were meant for the German Navy to differentiate between 7.65 and 9mm.

02-29-2004, 08:36 AM	#10
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Dwight, Yes. The double-sided stamping and white filling was mentioned on the contract blue-prints. Literal text: 'Fur Mod.Holland is "geladen" rechts u. links aufzuschlagen u. die schrift weiB auszulegen s.zchng 204850' 'For the Dutch model "geladen" is to be stamped on right and left and the text filled in with white, see drawing 204850' One other thing I noticed, btw, in the 'Dutch Luger' there are some construction drawings (with GL's signature) of the 'model 1904' luger (with the coil spring rather than the leaf), that came from the archives of the Dutch government arsenal. These drawings show the navy-style radius magazine knobs in stead of the the 'normal' pattern. (the drawing even states 'rechts und links je 3 ringe eindrehen') (twist in 3 rings left and right) Funny thing is that these drawings do not depict the 'Marine Modell 1904', but just the 'new pattern coil spring' lugers with 9mm barrels. Frankly, this completely derails NvG's assumption that the rings on the knobs were meant for the German Navy to differentiate between 7.65 and 9mm.