A tired old Soldier… - Page 3

ieyres · 12-08-2009, 01:31 PM

Hope this is an OK post to start (it’s my first on here so please be kind…)

I recently brought this “relic” Luger having seen it for sale a couple of times during this year at some of the UK militaria fairs. The price was consistent with other relic Lugers I have seen over the last few years; however it has “a story” to go along with it, which has some local connections to where I live in the UK….

As a bit of a teaser it was used in both WW1 and WW2.

After all this time the toggle still moves back and the trigger still works the firing pin. It’s been deactivated to the current UK specifications (hence the odd 2006 London proof marks)

I’m keen to find out some basic info about the gun itself. Apart from knowing it’s a 1918 Erfurt I’m pretty much in the dark, the pitting makes it difficult to look for the remnants of proof marks etc when your not sure where to look. Many of the key areas are pretty much gone.

Interestingly it has a circle S mark on the front left of the frame in front of the serial number (3623Q ?) and the remnants of a different number on the rear of the frame (179?) that doesn’t match the remainder of the gun. The side plate is numbered ?9
The barrel seems not to be numbered (period replacement or perhaps just too pitted to be visible)

Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated & if anyone’s interested I’ll post up the story. Just hope I can master the picture upload……

Thanks

Iain

12-08-2009, 01:31 PM	#1
ieyres User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	A tired old Soldier… Hope this is an OK post to start (it’s my first on here so please be kind…) I recently brought this “relic” Luger having seen it for sale a couple of times during this year at some of the UK militaria fairs. The price was consistent with other relic Lugers I have seen over the last few years; however it has “a story” to go along with it, which has some local connections to where I live in the UK…. As a bit of a teaser it was used in both WW1 and WW2. After all this time the toggle still moves back and the trigger still works the firing pin. It’s been deactivated to the current UK specifications (hence the odd 2006 London proof marks) I’m keen to find out some basic info about the gun itself. Apart from knowing it’s a 1918 Erfurt I’m pretty much in the dark, the pitting makes it difficult to look for the remnants of proof marks etc when your not sure where to look. Many of the key areas are pretty much gone. Interestingly it has a circle S mark on the front left of the frame in front of the serial number (3623Q ?) and the remnants of a different number on the rear of the frame (179?) that doesn’t match the remainder of the gun. The side plate is numbered ?9 The barrel seems not to be numbered (period replacement or perhaps just too pitted to be visible) Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated & if anyone’s interested I’ll post up the story. Just hope I can master the picture upload…… Thanks Iain Attached Thumbnails