Hi All,
After chatting on this topic with Paul, it's apparent that some trigger guards on Mod 88 rifle/carbines have a subcontractor trademark on the interior (in addition to the normal letters from workers). This prompted me to take a look at my 88s with matching trigger guards and note any observations.
This is probably going to be difficult to get a large sample size, but we may be able to note some commonalities relative to maker/year. I've posted pictures of possible trademarks I've found on mine.
Any assistance from fellow 88 collectors would be appreciated in checking their rifles/carbines. If you would rather not share publicly, please pm and all anonymously add to the list.
The data needed would be:
Type: (Gew88, Kar88, Gew91)
Manufacturer
Year
SN
Letter block
Trademark on interior of triggerguard (if any)
To start it off:
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Loewe
Year: 1891
SN: 1643
Letter block: f
Trademark: Large block "G" (poss. trademark)
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Loewe
Year: 1891
SN: 8098
Letter block: o
Trademark: W G L(poss. trademark)
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1891
SN: 3127
Letter block: y
Trademark: "BS"
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Spandau
Year: 1894
SN: 754
Letter block: none
Trademark: none
Type: Gew 88
Manufacturer: Spandau
Year: 1890
SN: 3578
Letter block: x
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Danzig
Year: 1894
SN: 8925
Letter block: s
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Amberg
Year: 1890
SN: 7068
Letter block: h
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: ŒWG Steyr
Year: 1890
SN: 749
Letter block: m
Trademark: none
Type: Kar88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1896
SN: 6052
Letter block: b
Trademark: Script "D" or FO (Poss. trademarks)
Type: Kar88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1893
SN: 8290
Letter block: f
Trademark: none
Type: Gew91
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1892
SN: 9902
Letter block: a
Trademark: none
After chatting on this topic with Paul, it's apparent that some trigger guards on Mod 88 rifle/carbines have a subcontractor trademark on the interior (in addition to the normal letters from workers). This prompted me to take a look at my 88s with matching trigger guards and note any observations.
This is probably going to be difficult to get a large sample size, but we may be able to note some commonalities relative to maker/year. I've posted pictures of possible trademarks I've found on mine.
Any assistance from fellow 88 collectors would be appreciated in checking their rifles/carbines. If you would rather not share publicly, please pm and all anonymously add to the list.
The data needed would be:
Type: (Gew88, Kar88, Gew91)
Manufacturer
Year
SN
Letter block
Trademark on interior of triggerguard (if any)
To start it off:
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Loewe
Year: 1891
SN: 1643
Letter block: f
Trademark: Large block "G" (poss. trademark)
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Loewe
Year: 1891
SN: 8098
Letter block: o
Trademark: W G L(poss. trademark)
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1891
SN: 3127
Letter block: y
Trademark: "BS"
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Spandau
Year: 1894
SN: 754
Letter block: none
Trademark: none
Type: Gew 88
Manufacturer: Spandau
Year: 1890
SN: 3578
Letter block: x
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Danzig
Year: 1894
SN: 8925
Letter block: s
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: Amberg
Year: 1890
SN: 7068
Letter block: h
Trademark: none
Type: Gew88
Manufacturer: ŒWG Steyr
Year: 1890
SN: 749
Letter block: m
Trademark: none
Type: Kar88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1896
SN: 6052
Letter block: b
Trademark: Script "D" or FO (Poss. trademarks)
Type: Kar88
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1893
SN: 8290
Letter block: f
Trademark: none
Type: Gew91
Manufacturer: Erfurt
Year: 1892
SN: 9902
Letter block: a
Trademark: none
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