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01-05-2006, 09:42 PM | #1 |
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1921 DWM Luger passed down in family
Hiyas everyone.
This is a thread moved from the announcements forum before I had access to post to the regular forums. I'll try and clean it up. We're looking for whatever info we can find regarding Luger that my wife's father left to her when he passed recently. <scroll down a few posts for the info and pics> Thanks in advance |
01-05-2006, 09:57 PM | #2 |
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Welcome, Ed
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01-05-2006, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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Ahhhhhh, sorry for the trouble then I'll sit down and wait patiently
Thanks for the info. |
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I can move this posting later. Post questions here and we'll help
What kind of a luger do you have? year marked? proofs on the left or right? All matching? etc |
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Welcome REEBO,
The guys here are SUPER! You must have about 1000 years of P-08 intelligent information here. AND a lot of good fun also! Be well, broomhandle
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Guess I don't have edit rights yet either -grin-
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My wife's father recently passed and one of his prized posessions was given to her. It's a Luger that he took from an enemy officer during WWII.
We just recieved it today, so we began looking into it's history to understand it a bit better. The joy of the discovery is helping her enjoy this piece of her father's past. We have what is probably the standard set of questions people have in our situation regarding learning any history of it that we can. Intent is to have it cased saved once we have documented as much of it's history (from information we can learn here and what we know from her father surrounding how he came by it) so that it can be saved in the family. A few pics to show it larger pic http://www.jhardydesigns.com/luger/luger 013.jpg larger http://www.jhardydesigns.com/luger/forumluger05.gif larger http://www.jhardydesigns.com/luger/forumluger06.gif Grip strap marking http://www.jhardydesigns.com/luger/luger00.jpg |
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I can see it is a 1921 DWM Luger, made in 1921. It has a weimar army stamping on the front grip.
Oh, I was trying to help, so probably why things got whacked. It is better if you post pictures here, you use the same html that you used, and upload top right, as a new member you might not see that yet. The magazine is an FXO and the eagle is a nazi era stamp. It is not unusual for mismatched magazines to be with lugers. Ed |
01-05-2006, 10:53 PM | #9 |
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oh, also, I collect bring back stories, eventually publish a booklet, I have about 40 stories. If interested, I'd need any info on how dad aquired it, his unit, anything, etc.
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Thanks (for formatting and info both)
The magazine actually has a very clear TXO. Not FXO. Woudl you happen to know what the"90" stamped on nearly every component piece is? |
01-05-2006, 11:41 PM | #11 |
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Reebo....welcome, the "90" on small parts is simply the last 2 digets of the SN#, all matching is a real good thing, be assured it is a FXO mag, no such thing as a TXO, and would like to know what is on the bottom of the mag, proof/inspector marks, also Ed I do not see the grip marking strap mark you said you see, for right now I believe this is a Weimar police model, lets see this grip marking befpre I put money on it
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Ed, thanks....without grip markings, the E/WaA looked as if it could have been police....not into army but could be "battery artillery regiment 6 weapon 36" as best as I can read the marking, can't explain the "3./ " lets see what the experts say.....beat to ya
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Probably 3 rd Battery Prusssian Artillery regiment 6, staff, weapon no. 36 based on Goertz and Bryans p 67. A Weimar era army marking per 1922 orders.
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The magazine boot has no markings at all. In case additional pics help with any identifications, I have some more photos in high res uploaded at www.jhardydesigns.com/luger |
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Heinz is absolutely correct. 3rd Battery/ Artillery Regiment 6. weapon 36.
Does the ser# on the front of the frame have a lower case script letter a or b? Or is the letter suffix letter absent? If so, it is one of only 8 to 10 thousand procured by the German Army (Riechswehr). Ron
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Reebo,
* Are my eyes playing tricks or is there another alpha/numeric marking on the back of the frame above the lanyard loop?? * If so, please report exactly what you see replicating capital or lower case letters, period dots, & numeric numbers seen. This can be a another unit mark to which this pistol lent service during its history. * A well focused, close-up of this mark would do well with the experts in unit mark decifering and, possibly, lend further provenance to your Luger. Thanks, Bob |
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Back of the frame, above the lanyard loop has a stamp:
3. 36. The 3 is larger than the 36 I had assumed that this was related to the front grip stamp: 3./A.R.6.36. |
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How about the caliber?
Is this Luger a 9mm or .30 Luger? |
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