1914 Erfurt L P08 low serial

DonVoigt · 12-20-2018, 02:40 PM

The Germany is almost certainly a post war marking; as Ed says- Erfurt made no lugers before 1910 or dated after 1918- so it was marked for export post WWI. The Germany stamping also indicates at least the frame was not "captured",
though:
I could make up a story, that could be true, that the original frame was de-lugged in the US sometime after import, and the pistol subsequently "restored" by renumbering another Erfurt frame. The only number on the frame is on the front.

No question in my mind that the frame was altered and re-numbered.
Somewhere along the line the lanyard loop was removed also.

12-20-2018, 02:40 PM	#23
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	The Germany is almost certainly a post war marking; as Ed says- Erfurt made no lugers before 1910 or dated after 1918- so it was marked for export post WWI. The Germany stamping also indicates at least the frame was not "captured", though: I could make up a story, that could be true, that the original frame was de-lugged in the US sometime after import, and the pistol subsequently "restored" by renumbering another Erfurt frame. The only number on the frame is on the front. No question in my mind that the frame was altered and re-numbered. Somewhere along the line the lanyard loop was removed also. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie