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Unread 12-29-2009, 12:46 PM   #1
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You have 1921 DWM serial number 5657a. It was manufactured by DWM in 1921 and issued to the Schutzpolizei (urban police) of the Prussian administrative district of Frankfurt am Oder as indicated by the grip strap marking S.F.57. It appears that portions of an earlier marking have been ground off. The gun originally may have been issued to one of the three early Schupo commands in this district - Frankfurt, Cottbus or Landsburg. By 1928 there was only one command located at Cottbus. The surviving marking is from this command. (HWIS, p. 151)

This is a very rare police marking. There were few of these to begin with and, since this region was captured by the Russians at the end of WWII, even fewer have been reported. Congratulations.
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