Help with unit mark on reichs revolver

byf42 · 11-07-2005, 05:51 PM

I recently picked up a reichs revolver which has a unit mark on the backstrap. Anyone know what this translates too? 76. A. 5. 126.
Thanks,
Mike

Ron Smith · 11-07-2005, 06:33 PM

Hi Mike, These things are popping up everywhere.

76 A= 76th Field Artillery

5= 5th Battery

126 = weapon number

Ron

Ron Wood · 11-07-2005, 06:35 PM

Is the marking on the backstrap (unusual) or on the bottom of the butt (usual)?

Other Ron

byf42 · 11-07-2005, 06:59 PM

On the backstrap. Weapon has the markings VGS&C G.H. Suhl. serial number 9814.

11-07-2005, 05:51 PM	#1
byf42 User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Great Plains Posts: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help with unit mark on reichs revolver I recently picked up a reichs revolver which has a unit mark on the backstrap. Anyone know what this translates too? 76. A. 5. 126. Thanks, Mike

11-07-2005, 06:33 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Mike, These things are popping up everywhere. 76 A= 76th Field Artillery 5= 5th Battery 126 = weapon number Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

11-07-2005, 06:35 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	Is the marking on the backstrap (unusual) or on the bottom of the butt (usual)? Other Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

11-07-2005, 06:59 PM	#4
byf42 User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Great Plains Posts: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	On the backstrap. Weapon has the markings VGS&C G.H. Suhl. serial number 9814.