any information about this 1917/20 unit marked erfurt would be appreciated

Sergio Natali · 07-21-2014, 05:57 AM

Klaus

I think you're absolutley right.

I've got a pair of these so called double doubled dates, but in this cases the 1920 stamps were applied to already dated Army 1918 Erfurt and Army 1918 DWM forming the double dates.

The 1920 stamps generally are only "1920 Reichswer property stamps" related to the 7th August 1920 law concerning the disarming of the people.
Reichswehr stamp was applied by local armories which accounts for its sometimes crude applicaion and variety of sizes as very well explained in Jan Still's volume "WEIMAR LUGERS"

My 2 cents

Sergio

07-21-2014, 05:57 AM	#13
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Klaus I think you're absolutley right. I've got a pair of these so called double doubled dates, but in this cases the 1920 stamps were applied to already dated Army 1918 Erfurt and Army 1918 DWM forming the double dates. The 1920 stamps generally are only "1920 Reichswer property stamps" related to the 7th August 1920 law concerning the disarming of the people. Reichswehr stamp was applied by local armories which accounts for its sometimes crude applicaion and variety of sizes as very well explained in Jan Still's volume "WEIMAR LUGERS" My 2 cents Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 07-21-2014 at 09:38 AM.