German receiver proof marking, the eagle or something else with its wings pointing upward.Ĩ. German receiver proof marking, the Praktar G, a crown with the cursive letter G underneath.ħ. All matching numbers appears on all parts, 9878.Ħ. Appears that this means it has been refurbished, probably in 1920 due to the second stamp. Mark on barrel shows a crown with "RC" below it. Mark on toggle is DWM (Duetsche Waffen Munitionsfabrik) made by Loewe's in Germany.ģ.Mark on receiver in front of toggle is a 2-date stamp: 19.Ĥ. I was hoping to gather some information on this board as to the origin or at least verify my findings.Ģ. I've owned it for many years.I recently inherited a Luger. The Erfurt Luger below is also a WW1 military Luger converted after the war and is completely matching except for the replacement barrel. Like the commercial "Alphabet" Lugers made in the 1920's, the converted military guns are great shooters if in decent condition. Some retained the date while others, like yours, were scrubbed. 30 caliber for export to the States and other countries. No other year comes close to that many.Īfter WW1, many thousands of former military Lugers were converted to. Jan Still, in his book "Imperial Lugers", estimates that DWM made 90,000 LP.08 pistols that year. That's the only year that DWM Artillery models (LP.08) reached the "k" block. IF I'm correct that the suffix letter is a "k", then the date would have been 1917. (Erfurt, OTOH, notched almost all of their receivers after the military directed them to in late 1916 so the notch on an Erfurt doesn't tell the same story as they only made the LP.08 in 1914) Therefore, your Luger began life as an Artillery model during WW1. At it's lowest setting, the rear sight nestled in that notch. DWM only notched those Lugers destined to be made into Artillery models with an 8 inch barrel. Note the notch in front of the receiver area where the date would have been.
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