DWM Package Value and Education

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Originally Posted by alanint

The aluminum bottomed mags were phased in in the Weimar era, at roughly the same time that your barreled upper receiver. The upper is a 1918 dated piece. It could be an Erfurt manufactured receiver based on the Artillery sight notch, but only a closer inspection of the marking would confirm that it is Erfurt versus DWM. The "1920" is not a date but a property mark placed there by the Weimar Goverment to state that the weapon was in the inventory allowed the German goverment by the Treaty of Versailles.

Thanks Alanint,

I do now notice the Artillery sight notch on the extra 9mm barrel/receiver that I have. I will take a close look at the markings as well as take some close-up pictures.

Did both Erfurt and DWM both manufacture Artillery Lugers in 1918? Is one manufacture more common than the other?

Thanks again!