1921 DWM front strap S.W.I. 6.5.1.

Neil Young · 03-26-2014, 06:25 AM

It is a police Luger. I have S.W.I. 764. with serial number 87156. This indicates hat it was the property of the Schutzpolizei (Schupo) command in Frankfurt am Main in the Wiesbaden Administrative District, weapon number 764. Yours is weapon number 651. This pistol is one of the anomalous 1921 dated DWM’s with a five-digit serial number. They are a cross between military and commercial models that DWM apparently put together about the time that their military production was shut down by the IMKK (Interallied Military Control Commission). The IMKK was a commission of victorious allies that was formed to insure that military and police activities conformed to the Treaty of Versailles. (The above information was supplied by Don Maus, author of History Writ in Steel).

The 1920 and 1921 marked pistols were made for the Weimar Reichswehr, with 8,000 to 10,000 produced. Five-digit serial number pistols were interspersed within these, with S/N between 85473 to 89572. Estimated army and police production of five-digit 1921 marked pistols is 1,100, with most being police procurement (Weimar Lugers, page 13).

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Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 548 Thanks: 566 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	It is a police Luger. I have S.W.I. 764. with serial number 87156. This indicates hat it was the property of the Schutzpolizei (Schupo) command in Frankfurt am Main in the Wiesbaden Administrative District, weapon number 764. Yours is weapon number 651. This pistol is one of the anomalous 1921 dated DWM’s with a five-digit serial number. They are a cross between military and commercial models that DWM apparently put together about the time that their military production was shut down by the IMKK (Interallied Military Control Commission). The IMKK was a commission of victorious allies that was formed to insure that military and police activities conformed to the Treaty of Versailles. (The above information was supplied by Don Maus, author of History Writ in Steel). The 1920 and 1921 marked pistols were made for the Weimar Reichswehr, with 8,000 to 10,000 produced. Five-digit serial number pistols were interspersed within these, with S/N between 85473 to 89572. Estimated army and police production of five-digit 1921 marked pistols is 1,100, with most being police procurement (Weimar Lugers, page 13). __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.