Danzig Gew 98 Suffix Font question

[cj556]

Does anyone have any idea when Danzig dropped the Latin letter suffix and went to strictly to script suffixes? I was under the impression it was a prewar thing but I purchased a 1915 Danzig Gew 98 in the W block that retains the Latin suffix font. Next week or the week after I will post the rifle in detai.

 

[Loewe]

Danzig was more pragmatic than most of the rest, though they did follow Fraktur consistently, but seemingly in suffixes they tend to be easier interpret, x & z following a stylish Latin version, not the Fraktur Z which looks like a "3".

As for 1915 Danzig, they did use the Latin "w" character, though in 1917 they used the Fraktur character (which sort of looks like a upper case "N"). I haven't a 1916 in w-block to know that suffix type. They didn't get past the e-block in 1918. (L-block for the 98a)