When was it made?

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally Posted by OldPilgrim

...the crown is squat like the crown on the Navy versions, not like the taller crown with the N under it (Nitro proof) that shows in the Std Catalog pictures. It sure looks like the crown of the Navy version with the M under it but has the N instead of the M...

The drawings of the markings presented in Davis's "Standard Catalog of Lugers" look nothing like the actual markings found on Luger pistols. It is not possible to assess a Luger's markings based on this source. You have found one example of the many shortcomings which make this book useless as a reference book for Luger collecting. Here is a link to a review http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ighlight=books.

Here is a discussion on Luger books http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...ighlight=books.

The four digit/letter suffix was common to most Luger production, but the production date it denotes varies with manufacturer and production era. Your pistol is of DWM commercial manufacture, referred to by collectors as an Alphabet Commercial. The i suffix indicates that it was made in 1921.

--Dwight