help with police markings / year?

Don M · 11-30-2009, 08:43 PM

Rob,

This is almost certainly what is known as a 29 DWM manufactured in 1929 and issued to the Prussian Landjägerei. Below the serial number on the front of the frame should be the script letter suffix s, t or u. The gun has been heavily buffed but there are apparent remnants of a WaA66 acceptance. The lack of a DWM logo is consistent with this id.

For my database of police markings, I would appreciate knowing the letter suffix and whether or not the pistol has or had sear and mag safeties. Thanks very much.

bauhaus · 11-30-2009, 09:12 PM

Ok, I think now it's starting to make sense. There is a U under the serial. It has sear and magazine safeties (mag safety cutoff before the trigger). Does this mean it's a so-called "sneak"?

Also, the breechblock doesn't have the crown over N. Instead, it has a barely discernable stamp...seems like some type of bird. Does this mean it was produced after 4/1/40? Or that it simply wasn't tested with "nitro"?

thanks again,
--Rob

11-30-2009, 08:43 PM	#1
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Rob, This is almost certainly what is known as a 29 DWM manufactured in 1929 and issued to the Prussian Landjägerei. Below the serial number on the front of the frame should be the script letter suffix s, t or u. The gun has been heavily buffed but there are apparent remnants of a WaA66 acceptance. The lack of a DWM logo is consistent with this id. For my database of police markings, I would appreciate knowing the letter suffix and whether or not the pistol has or had sear and mag safeties. Thanks very much. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

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11-30-2009, 09:12 PM	#2
bauhaus New User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok, I think now it's starting to make sense. There is a U under the serial. It has sear and magazine safeties (mag safety cutoff before the trigger). Does this mean it's a so-called "sneak"? Also, the breechblock doesn't have the crown over N. Instead, it has a barely discernable stamp...seems like some type of bird. Does this mean it was produced after 4/1/40? Or that it simply wasn't tested with "nitro"? thanks again, --Rob