HELP! 1918 DWM Artillery w/o Acceptance Marks

lugerholsterrepair · 03-07-2012, 11:09 AM

Markus..If there are no proofs on the right side and there is a 1918 date the proofs have been removed. Likely done when it was reblued. Odd that these would be scrubbed and no other markings disturbed but if it is a 1918 military those markings were once there.

There is only one other possiblity I could think of and I have never heard of it..the pistol was made late in the war..not proofed or accepted nor issued to the military. Even then though it would have some firing proofs such as a Crown U or Crown N as all German weapons must pass firing proofs. It would then have likely been marked Germany somewhere on it.

More likely the military acceptance was taken off.

03-07-2012, 11:09 AM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Markus..If there are no proofs on the right side and there is a 1918 date the proofs have been removed. Likely done when it was reblued. Odd that these would be scrubbed and no other markings disturbed but if it is a 1918 military those markings were once there. There is only one other possiblity I could think of and I have never heard of it..the pistol was made late in the war..not proofed or accepted nor issued to the military. Even then though it would have some firing proofs such as a Crown U or Crown N as all German weapons must pass firing proofs. It would then have likely been marked Germany somewhere on it. More likely the military acceptance was taken off. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."