1917 LP 08 Artillery- Red 9 grips

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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

Here is an interesting variant in the font of the "red nine".

https://www.gunsamerica.com//9725544...LUGER.htm?wl=1

dju

A link to this listing appeared today, part of the G.A. "wish list" to which I'm subscribed. This one has just about the weirdest-shaped "9" I've seen pics of so far. The variations in shapes and sizes of this mark make it clear that the process was carried out with field-made branding irons. They're all similar, of course, but it would seem that in order to encounter two that are exactly alike, one would have to find two pistols marked by the same iron made by the unit that marked them!