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12-01-2010, 11:27 AM | #21 | |
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as far as the mag. bottoms , there wood, both have the same ser# (as gun), are numbered 1 and 2, no. 1 shows 2 proof marks, no. 2 shows a + sign below the number. will work on getting a few better pic of other parts of this gun. thank's Matt. |
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12-01-2010, 02:13 PM | #22 |
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Geo: I am beginning to get excited about this thread. Here we have three Lugers, all within a close serial range, all dated 1914, all are Erfurts. These three include the one I have sent you, the one you have, and the one that Kornmeyer mentioned to me--a 1914 Erfurt, matched mag, with the GK marking. While I don't recall the serial number of the third Erfurt, I DO recall that it was close to my serial of 2446. It would almost seem like a block of 1914 Erfurts was set aside for this paricular pusrpose----to arm cavalry units as war approached. I think you are right about the odds.....
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12-02-2010, 03:26 PM | #23 | |
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My English knowledge does not allow a long answer but you both are right: a staff of a cavalry regiment had in most cases only a few Lugers- in many cases only three (!). Even an infantry division’s commando has had only 50 (!) including "Divisionskommandeur, Feldintendatur, Divisions Proviantamt, Divisionsarzt, Feldjustizbeamte, Feld Divisionsgeistliche". |
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12-02-2010, 03:38 PM | #24 |
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The G.K. stands for the Gendarmerie-Korps of Hessen (HWIS, Chap. 16). Others are listed in Table 16-3 of HWIS.
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12-03-2010, 12:15 AM | #25 |
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knowing a brief history (at least from 1944/45) the G.K.71. now comes to make sence
the gun was picked up by my Father ( 242 inf. 42 Rainbow Div.) in Strasburg from a.......".police station " (go figure) along with both mag's and a broken striker (not from this gun). I would like to thank all for helping me find this extra info. on this gun, if it could only talk. thanks Matt. |
12-03-2010, 09:48 AM | #26 |
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Matt, thank you for the information about the capture location of this pistol. Although Strasbourg was in the Alsace-Lorraine region, it was very close to Hessen and adds additional confidence to the identification of the G.K. markings.
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