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12-16-2005, 01:34 PM | #1 |
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WaA 195 Stamp On Garand Stock ???
This stamp appears on what is reported to be a M1 Garand stock. I see that it is genuine on several Luger holsters. Does anyone know if fake stamps of this kind are frequently encountered? Thanks for even looking at this post.
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Rick, here is the listing of the manufacturers that used the WaA195 code.....
Karl Barth, Milit�¤reffektenfabrik, Waldbr�¶hl, Nordrhein-Westfalen (dla) : (1940- 44) -Karl B�¶cker, Lederwarenfabrik, Waldbr�¶hl, Nordrhein-Westfalen : (P 08 holster :1938) -Karl B�¶cker, Lederwarenfabrik, Waldbr�¶hl, Nordrhein-Westfalen (eqf) : (Pistolen holster :1941 - 42) -G.J. Ensink-u. Co Spezialfabrik f�¼r Milit�¤rausr�¼stungen, Ohrdruf, Th�¼ringen (dtu) : (1941) -Friedrich Offermann-u.S�¶hne, Leder-u.Lederwarenfabrik, Bensberg, N-W (dkk) : (1942 - 44) -Franz-u. Karl Voegels, Lederwarenfabrik, W�¶llk�¼che 20/24, K�¶ln, N-W (ewx) : (P08 holster : 1942 - 44) -A. Waldhausen, Inh. M. Bruchmann, Sattlerwaren-u.Kofferfabrik, K�¶ln, N-W (dta) : (P08 holster : 41- 42) -Karl Weiss, Lederwarenfabrik, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen (cww) : (P 08 holster : 1942) I have no idea how that stamping got onto an M-1 stock though and have no information on it being commonly used on fakes.
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12-16-2005, 07:07 PM | #3 |
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I would be very suspicious of that stamp. certainly 100s were captured, but reissued? no.
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12-17-2005, 02:26 AM | #4 |
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-All- of the eagle-circle-swastika WaffenAmts with number which Costanzo documents, have the WaAxx underneath the c-swastika, not aligned with it. Fake stamps of every kind are encountered all the time, whenever there is money to be made by offering a unique or rare example. It is the bane of this collecting hobby.
Count this mark as very suspect. --Dwight |
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Just a thought . If it's a ligimate stamp. It could have been put there by a G.I. who was in a unit that captured the facility. Maybe he found the stamp and just thought that it would be neat to put it on his M-1.
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Tac,
That's actually what I was thinking, but didn't want to get anyone's hopes up. Thursday a guy came into the shop where I work. He had four long guns that he wanted to sell. Three of them were just beat up and rusted junk. Joe (owner) offered the guy $150 and he took it. I was in the backroom and Joe came back with the fourth one. He said " You know about this Nazi stuff. What is this thing?" It was a decent German G 41 rifle with a bullet or shrapnel graze on the right side of the forend. I told him that it was probably worth more than $150. (A lot more...) Ron
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Thanks to all who responded. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with great deals on rare and interesting Lugers.
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