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Old 07-14-2009, 12:00 PM   #6
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Hi,

Simple: The interpretation of laws by different proof houses in different areas.

Hence: The crown/U on a pistol proofed in the Suhl area (also at its subsidiaries in Berlin, Frankfurt am Oder, Spandau and Erfurt before the war) has a different meaning than the crown/crown U found on pistols proofed in the Wurttemberg region (Ulm, Oberndorf am Neckar).
So each German "state" had it's own proofing? How about a Mauser made Luger in Oberndorf; could/would it have two proofs, crown/U and crown/crown/U???

IIRC, the crown/M is a Navy proof??? Who would have made/proofed that???

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