Rear toggle link pin serial number

Heinz · 06-11-2003, 10:45 PM

My 1915 Police re-issue has a numbered toggle pin. Probably re-issued around 1935 from its characteristics. I theorize (guess) that the toggle pin was considered a wear prone part and therefore was not originally serial marked. Goertz and Bryans note on page 132 that a range of oversize pins was available, from 0.05mm to 0.2mm over the nominal 7.18 mm pin.

Numbering seems to have been added to prevent the mixing of toggle pins. With some being oversized, that could be a problem. But indicate that a number of pistols were being stripped at once somewhere in the police environment.

I also wonder if magazines were not unloaded in service but turned in when going off duty and stored. When going back on duty magazines were reissued. The police may have kept the numbers straight, but think about the trenches in 1917 and 1918. I bet you didn't tell the sergeant you wanted the matching numbered mag.

06-11-2003, 10:45 PM	#6
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 411 Times in 180 Posts	My 1915 Police re-issue has a numbered toggle pin. Probably re-issued around 1935 from its characteristics. I theorize (guess) that the toggle pin was considered a wear prone part and therefore was not originally serial marked. Goertz and Bryans note on page 132 that a range of oversize pins was available, from 0.05mm to 0.2mm over the nominal 7.18 mm pin. Numbering seems to have been added to prevent the mixing of toggle pins. With some being oversized, that could be a problem. But indicate that a number of pistols were being stripped at once somewhere in the police environment. I also wonder if magazines were not unloaded in service but turned in when going off duty and stored. When going back on duty magazines were reissued. The police may have kept the numbers straight, but think about the trenches in 1917 and 1918. I bet you didn't tell the sergeant you wanted the matching numbered mag.