Small piece of paper in grip/mag well

rolandtg · 01-27-2011, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by George Anderson

If one looks at the stitching holes along the upper, lower and left edge of this tag it should be quite apparent that it was torn from a garment.

Not that I know anything special about this at all but imho, it looks to like it was perforated by hand and torn from a larger sheet of paper.
Perhaps by a depot repair? technician.
Just my personal guess.

Obviously since none of the experts here have ever see one it couldn't have been a common practice.
Like so many fascinating aspects of this hobby we may never know unless or until another one is found, if ever.

It's ya'lls detective work that keeps me coming back here, there's some new mystery almost every day!

suum cuique · 01-28-2011, 01:28 AM

Sure, people are changing their handwriting "style" during their life. Everybody does. They changed in Germany several times the handwriting style in school. "Altdeutsch", "Kurrentschrift", "Suetterlin" and in 1941 they changed by law * to "Lateinische Schrift", latin letters. (Printed letters = Normalschrift).http://www.lgl-bw.de/lgl-internet/we...he_Schrift.pdf
So every style is possible. In the 19th century they wrote the 9 like shown on the tag, but later they changed it.
I guess if we could identify the letters underneath the wings, this would give us a much better clue.
Has nobody seen an eagle like this before?

*
http://home.arcor.de/lutz.schweizer/schrifterlass.html

Armin · 01-28-2011, 04:51 AM

The explanation for this issue could be very simple. Due to shrinking the grip panels of a Luger sometimes become loose. This is not a real pleasure for the hands. Very often a small sheet of paper or textile between the grip and the grip panel will fix the problem. Perhaps the former owner of this Luger solved this problem with any little textile fragment that was at hand. Perhaps the label of a jacket or a panty or .....
Regards , Armin.

suum cuique · 01-28-2011, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armin

The explanation for this issue could be very simple. Due to shrinking the grip panels of a Luger sometimes become loose. This is not a real pleasure for the hands. Very often a small sheet of paper or textile between the grip and the grip panel will fix the problem. Perhaps the former owner of this Luger solved this problem with any little textile fragment that was at hand. Perhaps the label of a jacket or a panty or .....
Regards , Armin.

Armin, what do you think about the handwiting of the number 9?

Armin · 01-29-2011, 12:58 PM

Andy,
my contribution to this issue is pure speculation. Besides fixing a grip panel I do not see any other reason to place cloth or paper between grip and panel.
The 9 on the label looks a bit strange to me. I still remember my mother who went to school during the 3rd Reich period. The 9 that she wrote looked different. It was more like a 'g' . And I am convinced that in this time scholar drill dit not tolerate different variations of letter writing.
But as said before, it is speculation.
Regards , Armin.

01-28-2011, 01:28 AM	#2
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 108 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Sure, people are changing their handwriting "style" during their life. Everybody does. They changed in Germany several times the handwriting style in school. "Altdeutsch", "Kurrentschrift", "Suetterlin" and in 1941 they changed by law * to "Lateinische Schrift", latin letters. (Printed letters = Normalschrift).http://www.lgl-bw.de/lgl-internet/we...he_Schrift.pdf So every style is possible. In the 19th century they wrote the 9 like shown on the tag, but later they changed it. I guess if we could identify the letters underneath the wings, this would give us a much better clue. Has nobody seen an eagle like this before? * http://home.arcor.de/lutz.schweizer/schrifterlass.html __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz)

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01-28-2011, 04:51 AM	#3
Armin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	The explanation for this issue could be very simple. Due to shrinking the grip panels of a Luger sometimes become loose. This is not a real pleasure for the hands. Very often a small sheet of paper or textile between the grip and the grip panel will fix the problem. Perhaps the former owner of this Luger solved this problem with any little textile fragment that was at hand. Perhaps the label of a jacket or a panty or ..... Regards , Armin.

01-29-2011, 12:58 PM	#5
Armin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Andy, my contribution to this issue is pure speculation. Besides fixing a grip panel I do not see any other reason to place cloth or paper between grip and panel. The 9 on the label looks a bit strange to me. I still remember my mother who went to school during the 3rd Reich period. The 9 that she wrote looked different. It was more like a 'g' . And I am convinced that in this time scholar drill dit not tolerate different variations of letter writing. But as said before, it is speculation. Regards , Armin.