DWM 1916 with interesting unit mark of Baden

DonVoigt · 03-05-2018, 09:13 PM

Another SOS "find", nice luger, but mismatched side plate and take down lever(both of which were butchered for some reason and ugly).
These are replacements that look better. Other parts are matching except right grip, which is an s/42 marked replacement.

But the real reason for the purchase at a shooter price was due to the cool unit marking:

GR. R. 109. 1. M.G.K.

For the first Machine gun company of Grenadier Regiment No. 109 of Baden.

JTD · 03-06-2018, 07:48 AM

Another great unit mark Don. On a late pistol to boot. John

Edward Tinker · 03-06-2018, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JTD

Another great unit mark Don. On a late pistol to boot. John

or an early one, if you count the USA's involvement

DonVoigt · 03-06-2018, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

or an early one, if you count the USA's involvement

Seems to me like 1916 is for sure the "middle" of the 1914-1918 war!

JD knows that unit marking "tapered" off rapidly toward the end of the war! So it is indeed perhaps "late" for a unit marked luger.

03-05-2018, 09:13 PM	#1
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	DWM 1916 with interesting unit mark of Baden Another SOS "find", nice luger, but mismatched side plate and take down lever(both of which were butchered for some reason and ugly). These are replacements that look better. Other parts are matching except right grip, which is an s/42 marked replacement. But the real reason for the purchase at a shooter price was due to the cool unit marking: GR. R. 109. 1. M.G.K. For the first Machine gun company of Grenadier Regiment No. 109 of Baden. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-06-2018, 07:48 AM	#2
JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 424 Thanks: 215 Thanked 407 Times in 148 Posts	Another great unit mark Don. On a late pistol to boot. John