Cased 1911 Erfurt unit marked

Jeff Noll · 07-11-2002, 10:08 PM

To Roadkill, The data on German Regimental machine gun companies is incorrect. The .gif url you referenced is not labled properly. At mobilization German line infantry regiments each had one machine gun company which was part of the 1st Battalion. This related to all of the regiments Nr. 1-182 + Garde/Bavarian Regiments (additional regiments beginning with Nr. 183 were added beginning in 1915). Not all of the reserve regiments had even one machine gun company at mobilization. It was not until 1916 that addtional machine gun companies were added to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. Some earlier marked pistols had an additonal 1, 2, or 3 squeezed into the existing marking when expansion occurred to denote between the three machine gun companies. There is a 08 1st issue out there, s/n 9682a, that has 98.R.M.G.40. marked on the front strap and J.R.98.1.M.G.K. 50. on the rear strap. My book the Imperial German Regimental Marking (listed on links) has approximately 500 lugers with markings documented. You can see several examples of these markings. w/r Jeff

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07-11-2002, 10:08 PM	#11
Jeff Noll User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 7 Posts	To Roadkill, The data on German Regimental machine gun companies is incorrect. The .gif url you referenced is not labled properly. At mobilization German line infantry regiments each had one machine gun company which was part of the 1st Battalion. This related to all of the regiments Nr. 1-182 + Garde/Bavarian Regiments (additional regiments beginning with Nr. 183 were added beginning in 1915). Not all of the reserve regiments had even one machine gun company at mobilization. It was not until 1916 that addtional machine gun companies were added to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. Some earlier marked pistols had an additonal 1, 2, or 3 squeezed into the existing marking when expansion occurred to denote between the three machine gun companies. There is a 08 1st issue out there, s/n 9682a, that has 98.R.M.G.40. marked on the front strap and J.R.98.1.M.G.K. 50. on the rear strap. My book the Imperial German Regimental Marking (listed on links) has approximately 500 lugers with markings documented. You can see several examples of these markings. w/r Jeff