New Member Question -- Mauser Logo

Vlim · 05-06-2011, 10:13 PM

As explained in the other thread.

It was a marketing thing, which actually started in the 1930s and was resurrected in the 1960s. You won't have any luck finding one without 'original', because Mauser didn't make post-war Parabellums without it (oh, well, some commemoratives with the DWM logo).

In fact it's on the post war HSc pistols as well.

A keen collector will look for the different variations of the 'original Mauser' logo. The first ones were put on using an etching process. Later toggles were marked using a roll die.

05-06-2011, 10:13 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	As explained in the other thread. It was a marketing thing, which actually started in the 1930s and was resurrected in the 1960s. You won't have any luck finding one without 'original', because Mauser didn't make post-war Parabellums without it (oh, well, some commemoratives with the DWM logo). In fact it's on the post war HSc pistols as well. A keen collector will look for the different variations of the 'original Mauser' logo. The first ones were put on using an etching process. Later toggles were marked using a roll die.