[lugercollector]

Here are a couple of photos of a 1921 DWM Luger ser #4500 ns.....no sear safety......the Gentleman I purchased it from claims the gun came from Finland.....I doubt that....any info appreciated...Thanks...

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[BogeyB]

L.C. I'm going to take a stab at this(SWAG!), and Jan can correct me.
I think it is Schutzpolizei Arnsberg, III District, 5th Company/Unit, 52 nd weapon. Probably a city police weapon.

BogeyB

 

[Ron Smith]

Hey Mike, Good guess! Ya nailed it the first time. All the way through. Actually its 5th Centuria within the 3rd command, but close enough. Just different nomenclature.
Ron

 

[lugerlou]

Ron

Second command.

 

[Ron Smith]

Lou, Thanks! Had my shoes on, could'nt count.

Ron

 

[donmaus]

Hi Peter!

I'm puzzled about the lack of a suffix to the s/n. I thought that DWM resumed production after WWI with five-digit s/ns starting about 75000 and when they approached 90000 switched to using letter suffixes for each block of 10,000, beginning with the suffix "i". A four-digit s/n w/o a suffix doesn't seem to fit. Am I missing something?

I agree with you about the supposed Finnish connection.

 

[Edward Tinker]

No, those are the commerical variations.

See these;

http://www.gunboards.com/luger/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3406
1921 MILITARY ALPHABET DWM, SN 1477a

http://www.gunboards.com/luger/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2731
1921 Weimar Reichswehr unit marked

 

[donmaus]

Ed,

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Is there any conflict since this clearly went to the Schutzpolizei in Arnsberg?

 

[lugerlou]

Don

This period (Weimar) is a tough one to follow, luger collector's example is of a seperate army and police contract 1921 dated (ns)Alphabet DWM . Just prior to this contract letted the 5 digit serial number commercial examples were bieng manufactured .The commercial suffix range of Alphabet DWM's that you referred to started at suffix ( i)mid 1921. Source-Weimar Lugers

The 5 digit serial commercial can also be found with police unit stamps.