Help with Unit Marks

Mike B · 05-01-2011, 06:39 PM

Greetings,
I just purchased a 1917 DWM Luger on an online auction. It is a little weak on finish, but I think it may have an interesting past. First there is a 1920 property mark on top of the 1917. (No sear or magazine safety). In addition, it is unit marked. I would be most appreciative if someone could shed some light on the unit marks.

Mike

GerColctor · 05-01-2011, 08:54 PM

Mike

It is a municipal police (S) Luger to the District of Munster (M), during the Weimar period (1920).

Inventory number after the letters. Formally an Imperial Army issue (1917).

Sometimes these Luger were reissued without the safeties being added.

Have a similar police unit marking on a 1914 Mauser 7.65

05-01-2011, 06:39 PM	#1
Mike B Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 979 Thanks: 1 Thanked 271 Times in 99 Posts	Help with Unit Marks Greetings, I just purchased a 1917 DWM Luger on an online auction. It is a little weak on finish, but I think it may have an interesting past. First there is a 1920 property mark on top of the 1917. (No sear or magazine safety). In addition, it is unit marked. I would be most appreciative if someone could shed some light on the unit marks. Mike Attached Images

05-01-2011, 08:54 PM	#2
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 308 Thanks: 2 Thanked 40 Times in 27 Posts	Mike It is a municipal police (S) Luger to the District of Munster (M), during the Weimar period (1920). Inventory number after the letters. Formally an Imperial Army issue (1917). Sometimes these Luger were reissued without the safeties being added. Have a similar police unit marking on a 1914 Mauser 7.65 __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.