Double Date with Unit Markings

schoolbd · 12-23-2010, 06:12 PM

Hello All
Pretty new to this forum ,been reading some post and browsing. My question is I have an old 1915 -1920 double date with unit markings, could anyone tell me what they mean.
Thanks
schoolbd

Ron Smith · 12-23-2010, 07:02 PM

Reichswehr Provisional Unit Mark M.W.3.19. = Minenwerfer Abteilung(mortar detachment) Infantry Regt.3 weapon 19

13/J.R.3.19 = 13th Company/Infantry Regtiment.3. weapon19.

A photo of a Reichswehr Minenwerfer unit.

Ron

sheepherder · 12-23-2010, 07:13 PM

...???...Did you sandblast the rear face of the gripframe to make the inscription stand out???

alanint · 12-23-2010, 07:32 PM

Looks like photo flash white out, not sanded..

schoolbd · 12-23-2010, 07:41 PM

Absolutley not sand blasted must be the camera flash.
schoolbd

schoolbd · 12-23-2010, 07:51 PM

Heres another photo as you can tell its not sand blasted

schoolbd · 12-23-2010, 08:12 PM

Ron
Thank you very much for the info its greatly appreciated. Heres a couple more sandblasted ones

George Anderson · 12-23-2010, 08:47 PM

Nice pistol with a bit of history.

12-23-2010, 06:12 PM	#1
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Double Date with Unit Markings Hello All Pretty new to this forum ,been reading some post and browsing. My question is I have an old 1915 -1920 double date with unit markings, could anyone tell me what they mean. Thanks schoolbd Attached Thumbnails

12-23-2010, 07:02 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Reichswehr Provisional Unit Mark M.W.3.19. = Minenwerfer Abteilung(mortar detachment) Infantry Regt.3 weapon 19 13/J.R.3.19 = 13th Company/Infantry Regtiment.3. weapon19. A photo of a Reichswehr Minenwerfer unit. Ron Attached Thumbnails __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

12-23-2010, 07:13 PM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,441 Times in 2,329 Posts	...???...Did you sandblast the rear face of the gripframe to make the inscription stand out??? Attached Images __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

12-23-2010, 07:51 PM	#6
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Heres another photo as you can tell its not sand blasted Attached Thumbnails

12-23-2010, 08:12 PM	#7
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Ron Thank you very much for the info its greatly appreciated. Heres a couple more sandblasted ones Attached Thumbnails

12-23-2010, 07:32 PM	#4
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Looks like photo flash white out, not sanded..

12-23-2010, 07:41 PM	#5
schoolbd User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 23 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Absolutley not sand blasted must be the camera flash. schoolbd

12-23-2010, 08:47 PM	#8
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	Nice pistol with a bit of history.