Help with Erfurt pistol

[George Anderson]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

George Anderson, does this mean that these relief notches began at Erfurt after 1914? My 1917 DWM Artie has a fine tune rear sight. Wasn't 1917 the year when the fine tune front sight was phased out--some had them, some not?

No the notch began with the first artilleries in 1914. I merely speculated that the pistol could have been a P08 prior to seeing the notch. That speculation was based on the fact that the rear sight is from either a 1917 or 1918 DWM LP08.