Thor did it again!

Dwight Gruber · 10-02-2002, 02:50 AM

Gortz & Bryan's "German Small Arms Markings" (p. 131) reports a 1932 Reichswehrministry directive requiring the stamping of the last two numbers of the weapon's serial number to be placed on the rear toggle pin--previous to this year they were unmarked.

G&B also report a contemporaneous directive from the Bavarian State Interior Minister requiring that police weapons be marked the same way. Does it follow that one might find earlier Lugers with Bavarian police markings which have serial# stamped toggle pins? Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of this?

--Dwight

10-02-2002, 02:50 AM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Gortz & Bryan's "German Small Arms Markings" (p. 131) reports a 1932 Reichswehrministry directive requiring the stamping of the last two numbers of the weapon's serial number to be placed on the rear toggle pin--previous to this year they were unmarked. G&B also report a contemporaneous directive from the Bavarian State Interior Minister requiring that police weapons be marked the same way. Does it follow that one might find earlier Lugers with Bavarian police markings which have serial# stamped toggle pins? Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of this? --Dwight