Today I had the opportunity to examine #12317, the earliest recorded example of a police-marked M1900, which I have added to the list. This and the following three pistols on the list strongly suggest that the Prussian and Saxon police purchased trial quantities of M1900s that were taken from normal production.

The Prussian and Bavarian police proceeded to contract for larger quantities while the Saxon police chose to go with the Dreyse M1907. The text in the lead post has been revised accordingly. Don you stated above: “In addition, I would like to correct the statement in the book about the reason for the “1920” marking stamped on the left side of the slides of many of these pistols. The marking was stamped in advance of the disarming of the German people to identify weapons belonging to government agencies such as the Army and the police. This stamp exempted these weapons from the forthcoming disarmament of private citizens. It did not signify compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, ownership by the Reichswehror that the weapon was reworked in any manner.” Based on the August 1, 1920 Reichswehrministerium directive shown on page 21 of Weimar Lugers the 1920 property stamp indicated Reichswehr property (Courtesy J.

Please correct me if I misread or misunderstood yours or the Reichswehrministerium directive shown on page 21 of Weimar Lugers. Are there additional documenys concerning the marking of police pistols by the Reichswehrministerium or police?

Vcds 908 software download. Sep 19, 2010 - Thread: German Police Use of FN Browning M1900. The data sequence is: serial number; German state; police mark; police unit; notes.