Military or Police?

RockinWR · 02-21-2003, 08:22 PM

WadeN,
* Looking forward to your pics. Give the high tech camera to your son, tell him its a video game, and he'll have you cooking digitals in a flash(pardon the pun). Seriously, strong indirect lighting or good sunlight helps I'm told. However, its a learned art I know little of.
* 1/4" of left handle? (wood grip - I assume) missing by the trigger could be a Police mod for a once active Mag Safety. Most Mag. Safeties were removed or deactivated.
* Aaron (member #183) had a relevant post titled "1914 Erfurt Police" started 2/2/02. Clear pictures by Ed of Mag & Sear safety installations are shown.
* Aluminum base mag plugs were introduced about 1925 although wood bases were used up to 1929 when the supplies ran out. A single numeral "1", "2", or "3" on the mag plug or lower tube spine would be indicative of Police issue.
* If the closure strap is sowed to the holster body and closes on a stud inbedded in the bucket flap, it will be a Police holster. If the strap is sowed to the flap and closes through a buckle sowed to the body, it will likely be an Army holster. Maker's name, city, and date should be impression stamped either on the back between the belt loops, by the knot of the lift strap on the front body, or on the inside of the top bucket. Other locations appear occasionally. Many stamps fade over the years or are rubbed over to oblivion. Police holsters are also known to have numerals on the right upper back.
* Ed's right: Weimar Lugers are a hoot as there are so many variations, makers, marking, etc. Risking a stereotype use, even the normally staunch, regimented German preciseness deviated in those hard, volatile times.
Respectfully,
WR

02-21-2003, 08:22 PM	#3
RockinWR User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: D/FW, Tx Posts: 279 Thanks: 109 Thanked 31 Times in 16 Posts	WadeN, * Looking forward to your pics. Give the high tech camera to your son, tell him its a video game, and he'll have you cooking digitals in a flash(pardon the pun). Seriously, strong indirect lighting or good sunlight helps I'm told. However, its a learned art I know little of. * 1/4" of left handle? (wood grip - I assume) missing by the trigger could be a Police mod for a once active Mag Safety. Most Mag. Safeties were removed or deactivated. * Aaron (member #183) had a relevant post titled "1914 Erfurt Police" started 2/2/02. Clear pictures by Ed of Mag & Sear safety installations are shown. * Aluminum base mag plugs were introduced about 1925 although wood bases were used up to 1929 when the supplies ran out. A single numeral "1", "2", or "3" on the mag plug or lower tube spine would be indicative of Police issue. * If the closure strap is sowed to the holster body and closes on a stud inbedded in the bucket flap, it will be a Police holster. If the strap is sowed to the flap and closes through a buckle sowed to the body, it will likely be an Army holster. Maker's name, city, and date should be impression stamped either on the back between the belt loops, by the knot of the lift strap on the front body, or on the inside of the top bucket. Other locations appear occasionally. Many stamps fade over the years or are rubbed over to oblivion. Police holsters are also known to have numerals on the right upper back. * Ed's right: Weimar Lugers are a hoot as there are so many variations, makers, marking, etc. Risking a stereotype use, even the normally staunch, regimented German preciseness deviated in those hard, volatile times. Respectfully, WR