Help with Unit Markings

Jim_C. · 12-30-2021, 09:16 AM

Thanks for your help in Advance

1 / J. R. 6. 37

George Anderson · 12-30-2021, 03:06 PM

Infantry Regiment 6, 1st Company, weapon 37.

Doubs · 12-30-2021, 09:03 PM

To add to George's answer, which is absolutely correct, it's a Weimar Republic era unit marking and not an Imperial Germany marking.

spangy · 12-30-2021, 11:07 PM

My thoughts are a bit different and think they may be Wehrmacht era unit marks but definitely not Imperial but I reserve the right to be wrong.

Seeing a picture of the gun and its markings would help nail it down.

Formed in October 1934 from Infanterieführer VI in Bielefeld, the division was mobilized on 26 August 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland. At that time, it consisted of the usual German infantry division elements: three infantry regiments of three battalions each, one three-battalion regiment of light artillery, one battalion of heavy artillery (from a separate artillery regiment, but attached to the particular division), a Panzerjäger (anti-tank) Battalion, a reconnaissance (Aufklärungs) Battalion, a Signals Battalion, a Pioneer (Engineer) Battalion, and divisional supply, medical, and administrative units.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_In...ion_(Wehrmacht)

Jim_C. · 01-02-2022, 10:59 AM

Thanks for everyones help, I don't have the pistol was asking for a friend

12-30-2021, 09:16 AM	#1
Jim_C. User Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Help with Unit Markings Thanks for your help in Advance 1 / J. R. 6. 37

12-30-2021, 11:07 PM	#4
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 617 Thanks: 3,065 Thanked 1,057 Times in 429 Posts	My thoughts are a bit different and think they may be Wehrmacht era unit marks but definitely not Imperial but I reserve the right to be wrong. Seeing a picture of the gun and its markings would help nail it down. Formed in October 1934 from Infanterieführer VI in Bielefeld, the division was mobilized on 26 August 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland. At that time, it consisted of the usual German infantry division elements: three infantry regiments of three battalions each, one three-battalion regiment of light artillery, one battalion of heavy artillery (from a separate artillery regiment, but attached to the particular division), a Panzerjäger (anti-tank) Battalion, a reconnaissance (Aufklärungs) Battalion, a Signals Battalion, a Pioneer (Engineer) Battalion, and divisional supply, medical, and administrative units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_In...ion_(Wehrmacht) __________________ Whoever said that "money can't buy you happiness" never bought a Luger. WTB - Take Down Lever & Trigger Plate (#90) for an Imperial Artillery.

12-30-2021, 03:06 PM	#2
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,529 Times in 787 Posts	Infantry Regiment 6, 1st Company, weapon 37.

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Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,696 Thanks: 792 Thanked 1,679 Times in 552 Posts	To add to George's answer, which is absolutely correct, it's a Weimar Republic era unit marking and not an Imperial Germany marking.

01-02-2022, 10:59 AM	#5
Jim_C. User Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks for everyones help, I don't have the pistol was asking for a friend