Don Need Help

GerColctor · 05-09-2006, 08:55 PM

Don or anyone else who might know:

I have a police unit marked Luger mag. The unit mark is located on the spine of the mag and reads, S.Hn.205. I do not know the police district for Hn. so any help identifying it would be appreciated.

The base of the mag has a DE/154 and is marked #2. It is also marked near the top of the base above the serial number, S/42.

Thank you
Joe

Ron Smith · 05-09-2006, 09:18 PM

Joe,

Is it possible that the Hn is actually An?

Ron

GerColctor · 05-09-2006, 10:18 PM

Don

No it is clearly the letter H, followed by the lower case n. The marking is very clean into the soft metal

Edward Tinker · 05-09-2006, 11:40 PM

From Jan Still's forum and speaking for Don M;

quote from Don;

Quote:

The gripstrap mark is an early 1920s Schutzpolizei mark for Bereitschaft (Hundertschaft) 6 of a city represented by the Roman numeral II in the Prussian governmental district of Hannover. The abbreviation for Hannover was later shortened to "H." There are several of these guns with "Hn." on the gripstrap and "H." on the spine of matching magazines.

So yours is Schutzpolizei Hannover weapon #205

Your magazine is a police magazine, but a replacement (hence the S/42).

Ed

GerColctor · 05-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Ed

Thank you for the information on my Hn police unit mark. The letters make scense when associated with Hannover.

Joe

Don M · 05-10-2006, 09:31 PM

Joe,

I've been offline for a while but I think your mag is a combination of an older tube with a replacement base. I don't think the Hn. abbreviation was used much later than April 1922 when the Ministry of Interior issued marking instructions and specified the abbreviation as H. Is there any evidence that the base has been replaced?

05-09-2006, 08:55 PM	#1
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 308 Thanks: 2 Thanked 40 Times in 27 Posts	Don Need Help Don or anyone else who might know: I have a police unit marked Luger mag. The unit mark is located on the spine of the mag and reads, S.Hn.205. I do not know the police district for Hn. so any help identifying it would be appreciated. The base of the mag has a DE/154 and is marked #2. It is also marked near the top of the base above the serial number, S/42. Thank you Joe

05-10-2006, 09:21 PM	#5
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 308 Thanks: 2 Thanked 40 Times in 27 Posts	Ed Thank you for the information on my Hn police unit mark. The letters make scense when associated with Hannover. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

05-10-2006, 09:31 PM	#6
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Joe, I've been offline for a while but I think your mag is a combination of an older tube with a replacement base. I don't think the Hn. abbreviation was used much later than April 1922 when the Ministry of Interior issued marking instructions and specified the abbreviation as H. Is there any evidence that the base has been replaced? __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

05-09-2006, 09:18 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Joe, Is it possible that the Hn is actually An? Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

05-09-2006, 10:18 PM	#3
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 308 Thanks: 2 Thanked 40 Times in 27 Posts	Don No it is clearly the letter H, followed by the lower case n. The marking is very clean into the soft metal