Dad's parabellum, odd etchings?
Article about: Hello here is Julekpl. Here I am with some questions about dad's parabellum. It was given to him as a gift, and we could never figure out anything about it. It does have a few eagles here an
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Re: Dad's parabellum, odd etchings?
i think the eagles are weimar, it looks to have all matching numbers which is good
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It is a 1920's DWM commercial that was taken into police service and the Weimar proofs added. It also has a police sear safety added in the late Weimar years.
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Re: Dad's parabellum, odd etchings?
my dad actually got this from a friend in south Florida, so I guess it is an import stamp. Does the wiemar stamp with the 33 make it pre war then? 1933? I tried to look for more etchings, but most are scratched down. And what exactly is DWM? I'm not entrily familiar with this. Thank you all
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Re: Dad's parabellum, odd etchings?
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Julekpl
my dad actually got this from a friend in south Florida, so I guess it is an import stamp. Does the wiemar stamp with the 33 make it pre war then? 1933? I tried to look for more etchings, but most are scratched down. And what exactly is DWM? I'm not entrily familiar with this. Thank you all
DWM means, Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) who produced many German weapons. Many of the early Mauser's like the 1891, the 1895, and others were produced by Lowe & Company who were eventually taken over by DWM.
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