[Mc]

Can anyone decypher the unit markings of this 1909 Wn accepted,
Steyr manufactured, sn 7059 Roth-Steyr?
Mc

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[Jan C Still]

Richard
I do not have information covering Austrian World War I unit stamps. I can only guess.
4RMC 12
The R may signify Regiment.
MC ???. If MG I would guess machine gun.
Sorry that I cannot be of more help.
Jan

 

[Guest]

I now own this pistol, I wish I knew what the Unit Mark meant.

-ken

 

[Jan C Still]

Ken
Below is a little more detailed guess. Unit markings instructions for Imperial Austro-Hungarian units have not surfaced and it is difficult to be certain about the unit designations.
Jan
Roth Steyr, Steyr mfg., sn 7059, 4 R M C (G?) 12 : 4 Infantry Regiment, Machinengewehr-Kompagnie, waffen no. 12)

 

[Douglas_Jr]

Hi MC,

You may try to find some more clues at this site:
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm

They have a forum there and the people over there help me while I was researching about my Roth-Steyr, and its battle story (topic is http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=865 )

Good luck.

Douglas.