American Eagle Luger

[Doubs]

Originally Posted by sdmark777

Doubs, I don't understand what you are saying about the safety marking changing from bare metal marking to gesichert? The checkered safety may have changed to the new grooved style, but I thought the gesichert marking came way later, like after the 1906 model. Or did I misunderstand?

In the three volume set of red books by Gortz & Sturgess, on page 217 is a picture of serial number 8592 with "GESICHERT" in the lower position and with a grooved safety. So somewhere in the 300 numbers above your serial number it looks like they changed the safety and the marking.