My 1914 erfurt

[klaus 3338]

Originally Posted by abukafura

I exchanged correspondence with Reinhard Kornmeyer in 1997 regarding the meaning of these grip strap markings. He was of the opinion that they could NOT mean Garde Kurraisier Regt Satff because there were not that many pistols in the staff HQ of such a unit (mine is numbered 122). I am not endorsing his view, only repeating it. He cited references at the time which seemed to validate his point. Don Maus told me in a note in Auto Mag that he believed this marking was for Gendarmierie Korps of Hesse. Also, Reinhard also cited a third Luger with grip strap markings of G.K.100

Interesting thread !
My English knowledge does not allow a long answer but you both are right: a staff of a cavalry regiment had in most cases only a few Lugers- in many cases only three (!). Even an infantry division’s commando has had only 50 (!) including "Divisionskommandeur, Feldintendatur, Divisions Proviantamt, Divisionsarzt, Feldjustizbeamte, Feld Divisionsgeistliche".