This was an odd duck I picked up randomly from a friend a year or two ago. I have a couple other Werder carbines, but I can't quite figure this one out. It's in the police/gendarmerie pattern, but it's marked and serialized in a different manner. For comparison, here is my more typical one:
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This one has a circled "ST" stock cartouche and an "ST" prefix on the SN. The two things in conjunction make me think that this was perhaps a secondary or tertiary contract for an organization or some other type of police.. It is not familiar to me though, so any thoughts would be welcomed.












M69 Werder Gendarmerie Carbine
As you've probably seen, I enjoy going back into the antique breech loaders. Werders, like needle rifles are a passion. The last Bavarian Werder I needed for my collection was the M69 Gendarmerie Carbine. These are the rarest Werder variant with approx 2,600 made, according to production...

This one has a circled "ST" stock cartouche and an "ST" prefix on the SN. The two things in conjunction make me think that this was perhaps a secondary or tertiary contract for an organization or some other type of police.. It is not familiar to me though, so any thoughts would be welcomed.










