![]() ![]() In May, it was sent to the Verdun front and remained there on line for five consecutive months sustaining 52% loss of the infantry. In September, the 38th was moved to France, the Oise area where it went on line and remained on line until May, 1916 without any serious engagements. During 1914 and into the Fall of 1915, it fought in Belgium Ardennes area at the outbreak of the war and was then moved to East Prussia/Poland and fought in several major engagements (e.g. The 96th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 38 Infantry Division and remained with this division throughout WWI. The "numbers and letters" on the front grip strap of your Luger is referred to as a "unit marking." Believe that your unit marking of "96 R 2 MG 43" is, in english, the 96th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Machine Gun Company, pistol #43 (the 43rd Luger issued in this company). Thank you so much for any information you can provide and I am very happy to be a part of the luger owning community. Any other information you that anyone can give is greatly appreciated as well. Can anyone shed some light on what this code means as well as some of the other various stamps all over the gun that I have included pictures of? I have fired it quite a few times already and it shoots beautifully and is just as accurate as my M&P. What would an approximate value be based on the previous information and pictures that I have included? There is also a code stamped into the front of the handle under the trigger that I have not been able to find any information on at all. I can tell where something was stamped there once upon a time but I can not make out that it is a 94 for certain. The gun has completely matching numbers except the bottom of the magazine. I have done quite a bit of reading and research on them but there are still some things I have no idea about. ![]() A German man was waving it and asking for $1 American dollar in exchange for the luger and my grandfather felt sorry for him and gave him $5 for it. ![]() He told me that my grandfather brought it back from Germany in 1918 when he went over with the Merchant Marines. ![]() I was recently given a 1916 Erfurt Luger by my father. ![]()
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