german names for other pistols

PhilOhio · 05-14-2009, 10:50 AM

Vlim,

Your reference to "KNIL" could explain the single ownership or proof mark on the right side of the barrel extension of my Dutch Luger, from the 3rd delivery (1930) of the 1928 contract. I've never found a picture of the marking on this site, but it is a circle around interlocking characters which might include a "K", an "I", and an "L".

I've heard the purchaser of these pistols referred to as either the "Department of the Colonies" or the "Dutch East Indies Army".

Which is correct, and am I seeing a KNIL ownership or proof mark?

05-14-2009, 10:50 AM	#6
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Vlim, Your reference to "KNIL" could explain the single ownership or proof mark on the right side of the barrel extension of my Dutch Luger, from the 3rd delivery (1930) of the 1928 contract. I've never found a picture of the marking on this site, but it is a circle around interlocking characters which might include a "K", an "I", and an "L". I've heard the purchaser of these pistols referred to as either the "Department of the Colonies" or the "Dutch East Indies Army". Which is correct, and am I seeing a KNIL ownership or proof mark?