Unit Mark G.K. on 1914 Erfurt...

[nick.helms]

Thanks Norm, I had looked last week on luger.gunboards and couldn't find anything, I didn't realize the thread had just started yesterday, I'm usually pretty good searching the forum for information and was surprised when Klaus referenced the thread. And thanks Don for the clarification, I was using the under barrel serial number for sizing reference only, I realize the barrel stamp and strap mark were applied at different times by different folks. Without having seen other Prussian markings it just seemed small when I was looking at the ruler when I know I've seen other pistols with that stamp larger than 2.1mm (not Prussian units though and that may be the cause of the confusion). I'll try to get a good measure of my numbers later today, I wish Jan had pictures of the other G.K. markings he references, it would be interesting to compare them, my pistol obviously saw police use with the sear safety so it would be logical to match with the Hessen mark but with the other pistols Jan lists to the Garde being 1913/1914 Erfurts (both pretty rare) it does make an interesting coincidence that this pistol would be so close (assuming the other Erfurt 1914 G.K.74 is correctly identified as Garde).

Thanks, Nick