ERFURT double date

Sergio Natali · 08-25-2019, 10:51 AM

I'll post this thread also here, maybe I'll be luckier.

Last month while surfing the Net I found this double-date ERFURT bearing a letter "E" stamped near the double date, that's something I'd never seen before, I wonder if it has anything to do with the funny marked 1920, probably to my unexpert eye.
I wonder if some of the real experts here could give me some enlightenment about it.

DonVoigt · 08-25-2019, 03:18 PM

Well, looking at this again, I'm not at all sure the "E" is an "E", maybe a "B".

Perhaps poorly struck on the curved surface to begin with, and then the loops lost due to polishing.
Note how the center of the "8" has been lost.

I don't suppose there is a picture of the receiver from the right side, kind of hard to look around the corner.

Sergio Natali · 08-26-2019, 10:47 AM

No unfortunately not, those are the two best shot.

DonVoigt · 08-26-2019, 10:38 PM

I knew I'd seen one marked with "E" somewhere:
https://simpsonltd.com/erfurt-luger-...te-1920e-1914/

Pictures are not good of the marking, but it looks very similar to the one you noted.
So there are at least two with the 1920 "E" property stamping.

I tried to copy the pictures but cannot, they only copy as a web page.

Maybe someone else with more computer skill can copy one.

Still no Idea of the meaning.

Ron Wood · 08-27-2019, 01:43 AM

Here it is. I have done about all I can to make the E visible

08-25-2019, 10:51 AM	#1
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	ERFURT double date I'll post this thread also here, maybe I'll be luckier. Last month while surfing the Net I found this double-date ERFURT bearing a letter "E" stamped near the double date, that's something I'd never seen before, I wonder if it has anything to do with the funny marked 1920, probably to my unexpert eye. I wonder if some of the real experts here could give me some enlightenment about it. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

08-25-2019, 03:18 PM	#2
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	Well, looking at this again, I'm not at all sure the "E" is an "E", maybe a "B". Perhaps poorly struck on the curved surface to begin with, and then the loops lost due to polishing. Note how the center of the "8" has been lost. I don't suppose there is a picture of the receiver from the right side, kind of hard to look around the corner. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

08-26-2019, 10:47 AM	#3
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	No unfortunately not, those are the two best shot. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

08-26-2019, 10:38 PM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	I knew I'd seen one marked with "E" somewhere: https://simpsonltd.com/erfurt-luger-...te-1920e-1914/ Pictures are not good of the marking, but it looks very similar to the one you noted. So there are at least two with the 1920 "E" property stamping. I tried to copy the pictures but cannot, they only copy as a web page. Maybe someone else with more computer skill can copy one. Still no Idea of the meaning. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

08-27-2019, 01:43 AM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	Here it is. I have done about all I can to make the E visible Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction