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Lifer
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I had an 1895 DWM Mauser 7mm rifle with the Star of David on the left side of the receiver and I couldn't figure it out I did a little checking and, low and behold, one of the owners of DWM was Jewish and the Star of David was his way of 'branding' the DWM trademark. The Nazis took care of that in the early 1930's.
Jerry mentioned the 'star' stamped on the Krieghoff Luger I recently purchased from Tom Whiteman, owner of Legacy Collectibles (which I HIGHLY recommend as a source of high grade collectible firearms). I totally missed seeing the stamp and I just checked and it is there just as Jerry said it was. I received my copy of "The Krieghoff Parabellum" by Randall Gibson today and I know have a lot of homework to accomplish. This is such a great hobby... Bill Baumbeck Yuma, AZ |
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Over the years it manufactured Lugers for the Luftwaffe, Krieghoff used various marks indicating that the pistol had passed FINAL ACCEPTANCE by Krieghoff and prior to final acceptance by the Luftwaffe inspection.
This was typically on the frame under the grip. During the middle years of manufacture, the mark used was the 6-pointed star and every HK made during this period had the 6-pointed star. Early pistols had no such marks, middle period had the 6-pointed star, later pistols had the numeral 7 or small numbers. This is opposed to the 5-pointed star indicating a REJECTED pistol, you sometimes see on military to commercial conversions and commercial pistols on the right side of the frame. Hope this helps. john |
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