1918 DWM with Zn marking

karmast · 03-13-2003, 06:22 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by JohnF:
Could you please post a photo of this marking?
Regards,
John<hr /></blockquote>Thats the problem: I did not have a camera with me and it is already sold..
I wanted to buy this piece and decided then to another one.
Now I think I should have taken the mysterious "Zn", I have never seen something like this before.
I can only describe it: it is in the same font type and the same manner beaten as the 1918, has the same size like the 1918 and was directly over the year stamp. Both markings were filled with wite color.
It didn't look like these 1920-proberty stamps you can somethimes find, it was in a better quality beaten in.
The gun had no unit marking and was in a condition I would rate as used.

I made up my mind and now I could imagine it as a marking for "Zossen", a German town, but I don't know of something special in Zossen..
Perhaps it could be a marking of a local BÃ?Â¼rgerwehr, a citicens guard.
Perhaps a Freikorps, a freecorps?
But that is digging in the dirt, I could be totally wrong.. and I fear I am.
But perhaps somebody knows?

03-13-2003, 06:22 AM	#3
karmast User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by JohnF: <strong>Could you please post a photo of this marking? Regards, John</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Thats the problem: I did not have a camera with me and it is already sold.. I wanted to buy this piece and decided then to another one. Now I think I should have taken the mysterious "Zn", I have never seen something like this before. I can only describe it: it is in the same font type and the same manner beaten as the 1918, has the same size like the 1918 and was directly over the year stamp. Both markings were filled with wite color. It didn't look like these 1920-proberty stamps you can somethimes find, it was in a better quality beaten in. The gun had no unit marking and was in a condition I would rate as used. I made up my mind and now I could imagine it as a marking for "Zossen", a German town, but I don't know of something special in Zossen.. Perhaps it could be a marking of a local BÃ?Â¼rgerwehr, a citicens guard. Perhaps a Freikorps, a freecorps? But that is digging in the dirt, I could be totally wrong.. and I fear I am. But perhaps somebody knows? __________________ Every Luger tells a story - but you have to find out what it says..

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