DWM Commercial 1911-1913 (?)

sheepherder · 08-30-2009, 12:10 PM

I think this is the first 5-digit commercial serial w/o letter that I've seen...

Is that odd??? (The serial, I mean...not my lack of seeing)...

Pistol · 08-30-2009, 03:29 PM

Thanks everyone for the answers. You will have to excuse my lack of luger knowledge. I am newbie, and fortuantely for me there is a wealth of information on this forum.

It does not hold open with or without the mag. I'm going to get a photo of the top of the frame as Ron suggested. I don't think it has one, but I'm still unsure being new to lugers.

Postino - should it have a letter as part of the serial #?

Klaus- this is the gun that came in the holster we discussed in the holster thread. I appreciate your input. I agree with the others that your English is just fine. We have our own form/style of English where I come from as well.

klaus 3338 · 09-03-2009, 03:43 AM

I found the thread with the holster.
Both, the 2. and the 16. Bavarian Inf. Reg. build the 2. Bavarian Infanterie Brigarde. It was common that regiments of an Inf. Brig. gave parts of theit equipment if an reserve regiment was made (terrible English again). That´s the thing with the holster.

The names of the Oberbürgermeister could be found in the regiments histories under following conditions: if they died in action or were woundet; if they got a honor (Eiserne Kreuz erster oder zweiter Klasse). I´m sure das the former owner of the P08 was an officer. So you would find his name on several pages of the regiment history.

I hope I could answer your question.

Best regards Klaus

Pistol · 09-03-2009, 01:48 PM

Hey Klaus -
Is my gun on the Landau list? I saw in another post where you said the holsters were dyed black in 1915. Why did they have to be blacked in1915?

Edward Tinker · 08-30-2009, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by postino

I think this is the first 5-digit commercial serial w/o letter that I've seen...

Is that odd??? (The serial, I mean...not my lack of seeing)...

you never see a five digit with a suffix letter (a few exceptions, my OPM police luger is an example); but commercial didn't come with suffix's.

Ed

sheepherder · 08-30-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

you never see a five digit with a suffix letter (a few exceptions, my OPM police luger is an example); but commercial didn't come with suffix's.

Ed

Ed - You're saying that 5-digit commercial didn't come with suffix, correct??? (My 4-digit commercial DWM does have suffix)...

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08-30-2009, 12:10 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I think this is the first 5-digit commercial serial w/o letter that I've seen... Is that odd??? (The serial, I mean...not my lack of seeing)...

08-30-2009, 03:29 PM	#2
Pistol User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA - TN Posts: 435 Thanks: 467 Thanked 223 Times in 102 Posts	Thanks everyone for the answers. You will have to excuse my lack of luger knowledge. I am newbie, and fortuantely for me there is a wealth of information on this forum. It does not hold open with or without the mag. I'm going to get a photo of the top of the frame as Ron suggested. I don't think it has one, but I'm still unsure being new to lugers. Postino - should it have a letter as part of the serial #? Klaus- this is the gun that came in the holster we discussed in the holster thread. I appreciate your input. I agree with the others that your English is just fine. We have our own form/style of English where I come from as well.

09-03-2009, 03:43 AM	#3
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 524 Thanks: 0 Thanked 432 Times in 165 Posts	I found the thread with the holster. Both, the 2. and the 16. Bavarian Inf. Reg. build the 2. Bavarian Infanterie Brigarde. It was common that regiments of an Inf. Brig. gave parts of theit equipment if an reserve regiment was made (terrible English again). That´s the thing with the holster. The names of the Oberbürgermeister could be found in the regiments histories under following conditions: if they died in action or were woundet; if they got a honor (Eiserne Kreuz erster oder zweiter Klasse). I´m sure das the former owner of the P08 was an officer. So you would find his name on several pages of the regiment history. I hope I could answer your question. Best regards Klaus