Discontinued use of markings

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Patrick Sweeney

That would depend on how high up the food chain it had to go for repairs.

And a thought: could the unit-marked 1917 and 1918 pistols seen have been older frames with newer uppers, force-matched in serial number during rebuild?

Anything is possible; but ones I have seen were matching and not reworked or
renumbered pistols.

Everyone just didn't get the message or chose not to comply- as Doubs said.

[LU1900]

I have seen some 17 and 18 with new unit mark create during those years , new regiments made with some unit subsistant from destroyed regiment