Pouch inside holster

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Collecting Luger tools since about 25 years I observed that there are more accepted DWM tools than Erfurt.

All tools made before the â??Order for marking the Pistole 08â?� (Vorschrift für die Stempelung der Pistole 08) dated 1910 seem to be without the acceptance mark. The contract between the German government and the private DWM regulate the first delivery of 50000 Lugers with their tools and rods and the beginning of making Lugers in the national Gewehrfabrik Erfurt made this order necessary.

We find acceptance marks on the receivers of the DWM and Erfurt Lugers. It is striking that we normally cannot find the DWM acceptance marks on Erfurt and reverse. It´s also striking that until 1915 all acceptance marks on the DWM receivers seems to have a 4 part crown while Erfurt acceptance marks always have a 3 part crown. So we find these also on the tools. There are some other differences: DWM tools always are â??bluedâ?�, Erfurt unblued or blank. DWM tools have another shape than Erfurt and we can´t find tools with Erfurt shape without an acceptance stamp.

I found DWM tools with the following letters/ acceptance marks: D, E, F, G, I, H, M, 2 different S, T, V, 2 different X, Z and C/M Navy. Erfurt with: A, C, D, G, H, J, N, 2 different underlined S and U.

Photo 1 is showing with DWM and photo 2 with Erfurt tools.

I think there should be more accepted tools because we find much more acceptance marks on the receivers as I can show here on the tools.

If another collector have one or more of them it would be nice to see it/ them here.

By the way: I´m looking for following tools: Imperial C/M variation (not Navy), C/G; Weimar SU50 and Third Reich S/92. I would buy them for top dollar or can trade for other things (holsters, other tools or what else).