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09-29-2007, 12:56 PM
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I picked up a 1918 DWM it is a police gun. What is this unit mark?
G.K.128. Thanks Russ
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09-29-2007, 01:22 PM
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According to Noll it is a Garde-Cuirassier regiment.
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09-29-2007, 01:51 PM
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Thanks Dwight
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09-29-2007, 03:54 PM
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Russ,
I assume the pistol has a sear safety and possibly a mag safety since you called it a police gun. This may be a marking of the Gendarmeriekorps of Oldenburg. Can you post photos of the gun and marking along with the serial number and any other unique markings?
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09-29-2007, 05:00 PM
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Yes it has a sear safety. But no mag safety http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/mvc047s.jpg Russ
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09-30-2007, 04:01 AM
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Russ,
I'd go with Don here. The marking isn't quite in the Imperial Army format, and it looks like there is removal of some kind of mark. --Dwight |
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09-30-2007, 01:42 PM
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Russ, thanks for the info and photo. My ID still stands. I have records of several 1908 Commercial Lugers marked G.K.xx. on their chambers during the Imperial era (xx. matches the serial number on these guns) but yours is the first I have seen with a Weimar-era marking. May I have permission to publish the photo of your grip strap in my book? If you have a higher-resolution version of it, that would be even better.
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09-30-2007, 01:49 PM
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