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[Don M]

Ron,

I have discovered that you can determine the break point in the later Berlin Schupo weapon numbers (e.g., 7035 on your new Luger) that correspond to the individual units in some instances. For example, if the earlier number on your gun is 55, the first weapon number for Riot Squad 1 in the Charlottenburg (W.I.) Inspectorate was 6981. If it is 35, the first number is 7001. Yours is unique since knowing this number will also allow me to identify the full range of Precinct Police weapon numbers in the Charlottenburg Inspectorate. The starting number for this block of numbers is 5151 and Riot Squad 1 had the next higher block. If I can get enough of this type of information, it will be possible to identify the specific unit for a Berlin weapon based only on its later mark. This will help identify the units for pistols with the earlier marks obliterated.

My Auto Mag article will have more about this.

P.S. I never heard back from Mike Morris about the mark so maybe he had already sent the gun.