Landjaegerei?

jeffs · 09-15-2011, 07:10 PM

Dear Experts---

I think I remember reading that WWI Lugers that were subsequently used in police service with the Prussian Landjaegerei (rural police) typically did not receive any specific police markings (proof or rework marks) added to them, except for the Schiwy safety. Is this accurate?

Thanks,
Jeff

Don M · 09-15-2011, 08:00 PM

Sort of. The Prussian Landjägerei did not mark their weapons until the issue of the 1932 marking order. By that time, most of the older LP08s and P08s used by the Landjägerei since 1920 had been replaced by newly manufactured 29 DWMs. However, some of the LP08s were reworked into P08s and reissued to the Landjägerei in 1930 and were then marked. Also, there were probably a few older P08s that got marked in 1932. (HWIS Chapter 13; also http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=20449)

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jeffs User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 170 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Landjaegerei? Dear Experts--- I think I remember reading that WWI Lugers that were subsequently used in police service with the Prussian Landjaegerei (rural police) typically did not receive any specific police markings (proof or rework marks) added to them, except for the Schiwy safety. Is this accurate? Thanks, Jeff

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Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	Sort of. The Prussian Landjägerei did not mark their weapons until the issue of the 1932 marking order. By that time, most of the older LP08s and P08s used by the Landjägerei since 1920 had been replaced by newly manufactured 29 DWMs. However, some of the LP08s were reworked into P08s and reissued to the Landjägerei in 1930 and were then marked. Also, there were probably a few older P08s that got marked in 1932. (HWIS Chapter 13; also http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=20449) __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com Last edited by Don M; 09-15-2011 at 08:06 PM. Reason: Added link to earlier thread