1893 Loewe Borchardt

[Big Norm]

I did a quick look-see in my old reliable and tattered 'The Luger Book' By John Walter to see if there was a diagram of the Borchardt. Sure enough on page 69 there was one. But I did a quick skim read of the rather long write up for serial number 19. There it was on page 68.

"Guns number 19 and 27 are the earliest known Loewe-marked Borchardts, the former being presented to Eley Brothers of London in 1894(?) and the latter submitted to Fabrique Nationale. The patent drawings suggest that the first gun(s) had a lanyard ring where the stock-lug will be found on the production guns, a different front sight and, just possibly, a different roller unit at the back of the toggle. Interestingly, the drawings also show flat concentric-ring toggle-grips of the type later associated with one of the prototype Borchardt-Lugers".

I'll be going back to Stars pictures to see if her Loewe-Borchardt corresponds to what Walter wrote. The above mentioned diagram page 69 will show the suggested changes.
Norm