P.644 (d) Bayard 1910/21

This a restored and updated posting !

The Belgian A.E.P. firm ( Anciens Etablissements Pieper, Herstal )purchased in 1907 the manufacturing rights for this pistol from the German Bergmann Industriewerke ( Theodor Bergmann ) and called it the Bayard Model 1908 ( Cal. 9mm Bergmann Bayard ).
In 1910 this pistol was adopted by the Danish Army as the Model 1910. The Army purchased a quantity of 4840.Upon the delivery, the Army applied their own serial numbers on the right side of the frame.

In the period of 1922 to 1935 the Danish Army produced 2204 ( 900 ? ) pistols more with slight modifications in the Haerns Rustkammer or Haerens Tojhus and called it the Model 1910/21.
The 4840 A.E.P. manufactured pistols were modified and stamped 1910/22.

After the German occupation in 1940 these pistols were inspected by the Heereswaffenamt. Some of them were reworked and stamped with an additional Danish !! Crown/DK or Crown 41, 42 or 43 stamp. After 1943 very few are stamped with the E/WaA C6 acceptance stamp.

The German designation for the pistol was P.644(d). See page 48 of the "Kennblätter fremden Geräts" Vol. 1, 20.3.41, Oberkommando des Heeres --Waffenamt.

WaA accepted Bayards registered in my file:

# 5972 Danish Army # 1233
# 6349 Danish Army # 1279
# 6727 Danish Army # 873
# 7223 Danish Army # 1881
# 7735 Danish Army # 1423
# 8170 Danish Army # 1821
# 9807 Danish Army # 2323
# 9929 Danish Army # 2282
# 17710 Danish Army # 4761
# 17714 Danish Army # 4624

Pictured here is SN 9807 ( Danish SN 2323 ).

Shown is also an original package of cartridges in Cal.
9 mm Bergmann Bayard.
Please note that the package has become a sticker.


Fritz