interesting original mauser parabellum manual

lfid · 06-10-2007, 01:11 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Pre-war...QQcmdZViewItem

maybe this was the inspiration for the center link logo on the 1970s mauser lugers ?

Bill

mauro · 06-10-2007, 05:16 AM

Dear Bill,
I don't know when Mauser started using the Original Mauser Banner but for sure in 1937/1938 there are some advertising where the Original Banner Mauser is used.
Concerning the use of this banner on the Post WWII production I show you something:

The following picture shows two 29/70 models. On the left the 19th pistol made (10.00.1019) that still has some prototype features.
Among them the Mauser Banner. In fact if you compare the Mauser Banner with the one on the right (Mauser 29/70 cut away) you can see the difference between the Mauser Banner used for the prototype and the real early production and the standard one.
Now the one used for the prototype/Early production is the same used in the pre-WWII commercial advertising. Then Mauser, for any reasons, change it with the one on the right.

Hafe fun
Mauro

lfid · 06-10-2007, 02:03 PM

Mauro,

thanks for the excellent comparsion between the mauser prototype and production 1970's lugers center link logo markings.

I havent seen any references to the "original" + landscape orientation banner in any of the luger books.

this original thing has always seemed rather odd to me , since the portrait oriented banner seems to be the earliest logo banner mark used on lugers.

you have a super website and book - thanks for your help

Bill

06-10-2007, 01:11 AM	#1
lfid Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wichita, KS USA Posts: 453 Thanks: 573 Thanked 96 Times in 53 Posts	interesting original mauser parabellum manual http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Pre-war...QQcmdZViewItem maybe this was the inspiration for the center link logo on the 1970s mauser lugers ? Bill

06-10-2007, 05:16 AM	#2
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 349 Times in 129 Posts	Dear Bill, I don't know when Mauser started using the Original Mauser Banner but for sure in 1937/1938 there are some advertising where the Original Banner Mauser is used. Concerning the use of this banner on the Post WWII production I show you something: The following picture shows two 29/70 models. On the left the 19th pistol made (10.00.1019) that still has some prototype features. Among them the Mauser Banner. In fact if you compare the Mauser Banner with the one on the right (Mauser 29/70 cut away) you can see the difference between the Mauser Banner used for the prototype and the real early production and the standard one. Now the one used for the prototype/Early production is the same used in the pre-WWII commercial advertising. Then Mauser, for any reasons, change it with the one on the right. Hafe fun Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

06-10-2007, 02:03 PM	#3
lfid Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wichita, KS USA Posts: 453 Thanks: 573 Thanked 96 Times in 53 Posts	Mauro, thanks for the excellent comparsion between the mauser prototype and production 1970's lugers center link logo markings. I havent seen any references to the "original" + landscape orientation banner in any of the luger books. this original thing has always seemed rather odd to me , since the portrait oriented banner seems to be the earliest logo banner mark used on lugers. you have a super website and book - thanks for your help Bill