ID'ing a Luger...What do I have?

[Ed Blown Vert]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Crown N marked?

Ed

I completely forgot about the gun and forgot about this thread.

But yes, it us Crown N marked. What does that mean??

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert

I completely forgot about the gun and forgot about this thread.

But yes, it us Crown N marked. What does that mean??

The Crown/N means it has been proved for Nitro powder , the C/N was succeeded by the Eagle/N in 1939/40.

The C/N is a civilian proof marking, military arms were marked
with an Eagle- DWM and Erfurt eagles(WWI) were slightly different, as were the later Weimar, and third Reich eagles.