Information on 1918 Erfurt

Jasta2 · 01-13-2019, 09:09 PM

Came across this 1918 on Gunbroker. Have not noticed a unit marking placed as it is. Is it normal for some units? What unit would this be? Also strange looking, to me, numbered mag. I take it's original as it matchers and proofed. Also has the top of the right grip been worked on? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/795584657

beachbaker · 01-13-2019, 11:22 PM

For one thing the gun is not even close to 98% as I would put it at more like 80-85%.

DavidJayUden · 01-13-2019, 11:52 PM

Unless I'm missing something, it is WAY over priced and over-rated. Looks like an import mark under the barrel and possibly some funny-business around the base of the barrel. I'll defer the unit marking issue to others, but they are unusual, except for certain special police units, to be marked on guns this late in the war.
If I'm wrong and it is really special, it is only special to a collector who focuses on those models, not the average Luger bug.
Just MHO, but run, don't walk, away.
dju

gunbugs · 01-14-2019, 12:51 AM

And according to the description, it belonged to a niece....

George Anderson · 01-14-2019, 08:27 AM

It's a Weimar era unit marking and the magazine is bogus.

DonVoigt · 01-14-2019, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by George Anderson

It's a Weimar era unit marking and the magazine is bogus.

George,
what would "11 Cr.6.K." represent?

George Anderson · 01-14-2019, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

George,
what would "11 Cr.6.K." represent?

Don, I read it as 11.Gr.6.K. or 11th Grenadier Regiment, 6th Company.

01-13-2019, 09:09 PM	#1
Jasta2 User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 514 Thanks: 349 Thanked 101 Times in 52 Posts	Information on 1918 Erfurt Came across this 1918 on Gunbroker. Have not noticed a unit marking placed as it is. Is it normal for some units? What unit would this be? Also strange looking, to me, numbered mag. I take it's original as it matchers and proofed. Also has the top of the right grip been worked on? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/795584657

01-13-2019, 11:22 PM	#2
beachbaker Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: california Posts: 135 Thanks: 27 Thanked 106 Times in 29 Posts	For one thing the gun is not even close to 98% as I would put it at more like 80-85%. __________________ Curt

01-13-2019, 11:52 PM	#3
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Unless I'm missing something, it is WAY over priced and over-rated. Looks like an import mark under the barrel and possibly some funny-business around the base of the barrel. I'll defer the unit marking issue to others, but they are unusual, except for certain special police units, to be marked on guns this late in the war. If I'm wrong and it is really special, it is only special to a collector who focuses on those models, not the average Luger bug. Just MHO, but run, don't walk, away. dju

01-14-2019, 12:51 AM	#4
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 636 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,141 Times in 379 Posts	And according to the description, it belonged to a niece....

01-14-2019, 08:27 AM	#5
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,772 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	It's a Weimar era unit marking and the magazine is bogus.