1921 Dated Alphabet DWM, Police

Blind Hog · 07-03-2010, 06:26 PM

This is a Luger from an era that I find very interesting. Police 1921 Dated Alphabet DWM, serial 4266a. Magazine 3 / 4266. With Dove/WaA4 acceptance and proofs, sear safety and remnants of magazine safety. Grip strap Schupo marked S.Br.I. 29. (Schupo, Breslau, Command I, weapon 29)

FNorm · 07-03-2010, 07:46 PM

VERY nice. Thanks for sharing.

FN

PS: There's a slang term for those proofs. What was it? Something like birdy, birdy, vulture?

DavidJayUden · 07-03-2010, 08:13 PM

So is it your theory that this gun was taken new and put directly into police service?
dju

Ron Smith · 07-03-2010, 10:06 PM

"PS: There's a slang term for those proofs. What was it? Something like birdy, birdy, vulture?"

Fred,

Doves and Buzzard.

Dave,

It is part of a Police contract for 40,000 1920 and 1921 new production DWM Lugers. No suffix, a and b suffix ranges. Approx. 10,000 more went to the military.

These are often improperly referred to as Weimar "Reworks". They are not reworked, with the exception of the addition of the police safeties. They were newly produced in 1920 and 1921.

Francis,

You must have found the Mother Lode. Isn't this the third you've posted recently. A very nice Police. They aren't often found in this condition.

Ron

Blind Hog · 07-03-2010, 11:02 PM

Ron,

Thank you, these are examples that I have acquired over the years. Although I have been registered to the Site for quite some time, just now getting around to posting.
Only have a few more to post and that will be the extent of my Luger collection.

Don M · 07-04-2010, 12:18 AM

Francis, thanks for posting. A very nice example of a Weimar-era police Luger.

This grip strap marking is illustrated in Fig. 11-6 of HWIS.

07-03-2010, 10:06 PM	#4
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	"PS: There's a slang term for those proofs. What was it? Something like birdy, birdy, vulture?" Fred, Doves and Buzzard. Dave, It is part of a Police contract for 40,000 1920 and 1921 new production DWM Lugers. No suffix, a and b suffix ranges. Approx. 10,000 more went to the military. These are often improperly referred to as Weimar "Reworks". They are not reworked, with the exception of the addition of the police safeties. They were newly produced in 1920 and 1921. Francis, You must have found the Mother Lode. Isn't this the third you've posted recently. A very nice Police. They aren't often found in this condition. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

07-03-2010, 11:02 PM	#5
Blind Hog User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina & North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks--Live on a sandbar, 30 miles out in ocean. Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ron, Thank you, these are examples that I have acquired over the years. Although I have been registered to the Site for quite some time, just now getting around to posting. Only have a few more to post and that will be the extent of my Luger collection. __________________ Francis Blind Hog aka: VIS35 "Even a Blind Hog sometimes finds an acorn"

07-04-2010, 12:18 AM	#6
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Francis, thanks for posting. A very nice example of a Weimar-era police Luger. This grip strap marking is illustrated in Fig. 11-6 of HWIS. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

07-03-2010, 07:46 PM	#2
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	VERY nice. Thanks for sharing. FN PS: There's a slang term for those proofs. What was it? Something like birdy, birdy, vulture?

07-03-2010, 08:13 PM	#3
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	So is it your theory that this gun was taken new and put directly into police service? dju