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George Anderson · 11-07-2015, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

George,
I magnified the receiver image and I think the inspector marks and the firing proof are Erfurt. So it looks to me like a DWM barrel added to a 1917 Erfurt.

Right you are Ron. It appears to be a standard 1917 Erfurt P08 with an LP08 barrel added. It's the only magazine I've ever seen with a crown/RC stamping.

cirelaw · 11-07-2015, 01:37 PM

Are DWM and Erfurt parts interchangeable?

DonVoigt · 11-07-2015, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George Anderson

Right you are Ron. It appears to be a standard 1917 Erfurt P08 with an LP08 barrel added. It's the only magazine I've ever seen with a crown/RC stamping.

I agree, that is why I mentioned the receiver stamping in post #5.

I did find this 1918 Erfurt on GB yesterday, crown does not seem to be broken, and it is a matching pistol.

DonVoigt · 11-07-2015, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

This is an early ERFURT toggle because the crown is complete. It is my belief that they never replaced the stamp after it broke... and all late toggles have the broken edge on the top right of the crown. If you have information which disproves my hypothesis, please post it.

how about this one?

Pictures are not the best, grabbed from a GB auction.

wlyon · 11-07-2015, 07:14 PM

Looks like there were several die changes and for each year one can find both broken and complete. Bill

sheepherder · 02-17-2016, 02:39 PM

I received this toggle link along with a 1917 notched receiver with the crown-RC stamp along with four other proofs...

Not sure if this is the broken stamp, but the crown above the Erfurt is incomplete while rest looks unbroken...

John Sabato · 02-17-2016, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

I received this toggle link along with a 1917 notched receiver with the crown-RC stamp along with four other proofs...

Not sure if this is the broken stamp, but the crown above the Erfurt is incomplete while rest looks unbroken...

Yes, that is an example of the broken stamp...

JTD · 02-17-2016, 04:16 PM

Early Erfurts were very good quality. Late war is when finish began to suffer. John

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Are DWM and Erfurt parts interchangeable?

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JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 428 Thanks: 218 Thanked 410 Times in 151 Posts	Early Erfurts were very good quality. Late war is when finish began to suffer. John