1914 Erfurt L.A. 88 unit marking

George Anderson · 11-07-2008, 04:57 PM

Rich, your unit marking could possibly be a Weimar police marking as that's where the pistol ended up seeing service but...

It started out life as an Erfurt LP08 or artillery and the unit marking loosely conforms to Imperial German Army unit marking guidelines. If it is an imperial marking it would indicate Luftschiffer Abteilung, Waffe nummer 88. Or Airship detachment, weapon number 88. My gut feeling is that the airship marking is what it is. Congratulations.

11-07-2008, 04:57 PM	#6
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	Rich, your unit marking could possibly be a Weimar police marking as that's where the pistol ended up seeing service but... It started out life as an Erfurt LP08 or artillery and the unit marking loosely conforms to Imperial German Army unit marking guidelines. If it is an imperial marking it would indicate Luftschiffer Abteilung, Waffe nummer 88. Or Airship detachment, weapon number 88. My gut feeling is that the airship marking is what it is. Congratulations.