Clarification Request on Sideplate Numbering

05-01-2002, 09:53 PM

I am not clear on which WWII sideplates are numbered on the inside surface with a number one digit higher than the first two digits of the serial number. My limited collection does not show such numbers on my K and G dates, but I do find it on my Lugers dated 1940 and later, with the exception of a 41 dated Mauser. Exactly which sideplates are expected to have this numbering system, and are there some WWII sideplates not so numbered?

05-01-2002, 09:53 PM	#1
John Coleman Guest Posts: n/a	Clarification Request on Sideplate Numbering I am not clear on which WWII sideplates are numbered on the inside surface with a number one digit higher than the first two digits of the serial number. My limited collection does not show such numbers on my K and G dates, but I do find it on my Lugers dated 1940 and later, with the exception of a 41 dated Mauser. Exactly which sideplates are expected to have this numbering system, and are there some WWII sideplates not so numbered?