Interesting Erfurt 1918/1920 with Weimar unit marking

4 Scale · 09-11-2015, 02:23 PM

I can't provide much analysis but comments are it's a handsome pistol, good honest wear and capture papers are always interesting to see.

Regarding the WWII barrel proof, those are always fascinating. I'm wondering if there is a reference source somewhere that discusses WWI pistols that also served as WWII sidearms. It would be interesting to know how many and what the pathway was. Were they stored in arsenals at the end of WWI or were they purchased or contributed by or appropriated from civilians? There seem to be a lot of them out there.

09-11-2015, 02:23 PM	#3
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	I can't provide much analysis but comments are it's a handsome pistol, good honest wear and capture papers are always interesting to see. Regarding the WWII barrel proof, those are always fascinating. I'm wondering if there is a reference source somewhere that discusses WWI pistols that also served as WWII sidearms. It would be interesting to know how many and what the pathway was. Were they stored in arsenals at the end of WWI or were they purchased or contributed by or appropriated from civilians? There seem to be a lot of them out there.