MichaelWC
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This information is actually pretty exciting to me. To top it all off. I won a K.S. marked M83 Reichsrevolver from a South African auction.
The C96 in the photos below is marked on the butt, 'Orts Polizei Behörde' or local police authority, and 'Keetmanshoop' in German South West Africa. Information from http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk
More information I found about handguns used in the colonies and Boxer Rebellion.
Mauser C96 (Broom handle) pistol
?/Mauser Oberndorf/?/1052 Keetmanshoop
(Orts Polizei Behörde' or local police authority, and 'Keetmanshoop' in German South West Africa.)
Roth-Sauer model 1907 Pistol
?/Roth-Sauer/ C 61/LP 237
?/Roth-Sauer/C 161/LP 72
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 205/LP 106
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 212/LP 123
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 273/LP 184
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 377/LP 161
?/Roth-Sauer/C 378/LP 228
?/Roth-Sauer/C 408/LP 55
?/Roth-Sauer/C 419/LP 92
?/Roth-Sauer/C 559/LP 109
?/Roth-Sauer/C 706/LP 209
?/Roth-Sauer/C 737/LP 179
1883 der Revolver or Reichsrevolver
1894/Erfurt/1953/1.O.R.4.3 (This pistol three sets of unit markings. Two are from East Asian service- "1.O.R.4.3" (4th East Asian Infantry Regiment, 4th Company) and "O.A.F.2.18" (2nd Battery, East Asian Foot Artillery). The third is "M.G.A.1.30" for the 1st Machine Gun Abteilung of the Prussian Army.)
?/Erfurt/272d/OA1 MK1 (This pistol has two sets of unit markings. The first is "OA1 MK1" for "Ostasiatisches Field-Artillerie Regiment Batterie 1 Muntionskolonne 1." (East Asian Artillery Regiment, 1st Battery, 1st Munitions Supply Column). The second marking after it is a later issue marking "143R.9.5.." for the 9th Company of the 143rd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment ("4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment. Nr.143") which served on the Western Front during the First World War.)
?/ V.C.S*C.C.H. Suhl/26L/K.S. 211
The C96 in the photos below is marked on the butt, 'Orts Polizei Behörde' or local police authority, and 'Keetmanshoop' in German South West Africa. Information from http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk
More information I found about handguns used in the colonies and Boxer Rebellion.
Mauser C96 (Broom handle) pistol
?/Mauser Oberndorf/?/1052 Keetmanshoop
(Orts Polizei Behörde' or local police authority, and 'Keetmanshoop' in German South West Africa.)
Roth-Sauer model 1907 Pistol
?/Roth-Sauer/ C 61/LP 237
?/Roth-Sauer/C 161/LP 72
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 205/LP 106
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 212/LP 123
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 273/LP 184
?/ Roth-Sauer/C 377/LP 161
?/Roth-Sauer/C 378/LP 228
?/Roth-Sauer/C 408/LP 55
?/Roth-Sauer/C 419/LP 92
?/Roth-Sauer/C 559/LP 109
?/Roth-Sauer/C 706/LP 209
?/Roth-Sauer/C 737/LP 179
1883 der Revolver or Reichsrevolver
1894/Erfurt/1953/1.O.R.4.3 (This pistol three sets of unit markings. Two are from East Asian service- "1.O.R.4.3" (4th East Asian Infantry Regiment, 4th Company) and "O.A.F.2.18" (2nd Battery, East Asian Foot Artillery). The third is "M.G.A.1.30" for the 1st Machine Gun Abteilung of the Prussian Army.)
?/Erfurt/272d/OA1 MK1 (This pistol has two sets of unit markings. The first is "OA1 MK1" for "Ostasiatisches Field-Artillerie Regiment Batterie 1 Muntionskolonne 1." (East Asian Artillery Regiment, 1st Battery, 1st Munitions Supply Column). The second marking after it is a later issue marking "143R.9.5.." for the 9th Company of the 143rd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment ("4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment. Nr.143") which served on the Western Front during the First World War.)
?/ V.C.S*C.C.H. Suhl/26L/K.S. 211
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