Images/icon_paperclip.gif 2BarrelBands.jpg Having a sharp barrel band, as seen on the Dutch Navy Lugers (DWM 1928-1930). Having a dull barrel band (mostly mounted on the 'U' series)ī. There were two types of barrels that moved from DWM to Mauser.Ī. SN's of C/N proofed Lugers that came from Berlin to Oberndorf:Ĭertain: 1v - 560v (of which 3 lined Stoegers 400v - 524v) August Weiss, since 1922 the chief weapon maker of DWM, he would stay in Oberndorf to the end (1946).ģ. 4,000 finished Lugers (mostly 'in the white' and proofed in Berlin with Crown/N) Many thousands of Luger parts, finished or partly finished The tool room examples of seven different Luger models Standard machinery and about 650 appliances to produce 50 Lugers a day Anyway the orders had to be fulfilled, and the move of the production facilities started in February, the transports ended in May 1930. DWM was not at all happy to lose the Luger production and Mauser was secretly working on a pistol that should replace the Luger as the official Army sidearm. Negotiations between both managements started November 1929. Quandt replaced the manager (Paul von Gontard) with a management of three directors, and decided to end the production of all weapons in Berlin moving it to Mauser Werke in Oberndorf, of which all shares were owned by BKIW/DWM since 1898. It showed out that the activities were far from profitable, reorganization was inevitable. Günther Quandt started an investigation of the situation of the BKIW/DWM concern. Günther Quandt, in Pritzwalk â* in Cairo.
They decide to nominate Günther Quandt, the successful manager/owner of the AFA battery factory, as the new president of this board.
Most shareholders are not happy with this, during the annual meeting the sitting board of directors is replaced by mayor shareholders. In 1928, the BKIW/DWM management proposed to cut the nominal value of the shares in half. DWM Luger production goes to Mauser (1929 - 1930). Persian Lugers have a '+' for factory inspection mark.ġ. Dutch Navy 1936 with date on chamber, 1937 having a 'v' suffix. Hereunder you can see the dates of the updates, and the chapter(s) that were reviewed. When new information becomes available the information below wil be updated.
#Luger serial number search series
This is only an interim report, I did not find yet answers to all the questions, so please go on sending me the properties of any Mauser Luger within this Series that is not yet reported correctly in the listing. These might help when studying a Mauser commercial or contract Luger having a Serial Number between 1v and 9999v. In view of my promise that I would also publish these on this forum, you find hereunder the actual results of my research. I have presented at the 2006 SE Napca Convention an overview of my findings so far. Many members have been so kind to give me the SN's and basic properties of the pistols they own, or that they been have able to find in other sources. The Survey of the Mauser 'Banner' V series in this Forum is now active since November 2005.