Need infor from a unit mark

George Anderson · 06-26-2007, 05:13 PM

Patrice, just to stir the pudding a bit I will offer a couple of observations. Since the earlier marking (Festungs Maschinegewehr...) is an Imperial army marking and not Bavarian I would figure that the weapon remained within the same military formation. You might want to check and see if it has a hold-open added.

If it remained in the Imperial army system then I would venture a guess that the backstrap marking is "General-Kommando des 2. Armeekorps, etc". I do not think that the Bavarians fielded a Garde Korps. They did have a Leib Regiment in the first Bavarian Corps.

Keep in mind that my idea is just a guess. The Festungs MG unit started out the war in Alsace. The II Korps started out in 1914 in Pomerania. I don't know where either ended up or whether they crossed paths at some time during the war. When I have more time and can get to my library I may be able to track them.

A very cool pistol.

06-26-2007, 05:13 PM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Patrice, just to stir the pudding a bit I will offer a couple of observations. Since the earlier marking (Festungs Maschinegewehr...) is an Imperial army marking and not Bavarian I would figure that the weapon remained within the same military formation. You might want to check and see if it has a hold-open added. If it remained in the Imperial army system then I would venture a guess that the backstrap marking is "General-Kommando des 2. Armeekorps, etc". I do not think that the Bavarians fielded a Garde Korps. They did have a Leib Regiment in the first Bavarian Corps. Keep in mind that my idea is just a guess. The Festungs MG unit started out the war in Alsace. The II Korps started out in 1914 in Pomerania. I don't know where either ended up or whether they crossed paths at some time during the war. When I have more time and can get to my library I may be able to track them. A very cool pistol.