Set of Ulanen Marked 1910 DWM Lugers

Purchased these as a set recently.

The 1st is marked for the 1st Ulanen Regiment, 2nd Eskadron, weapon 9. Is matching except for the mag and has a I.U.R 1909 marked holster.

The 2nd is marked for the 4th Ulanen Regiment, 1st Eskadron, weapon 19. Is matching including the magazine, has a matching unit marked tool, and a 1910 dated holster with (potentially?) the same unit marking on it.

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Nice Lugers Mike…. Really cool unit marked examples…. Plus Gotta love the toggle on a DWM

Those are sweet! Love imperial Lugers

Awesome Luger rigs Mike, and thank you for sharing. This photograph is more appropriate for your thread.

Beautiful rigs, absolutely love the Reichsrevolver holster conversion. This one was done in accordance with the 1910 conversion regulation.

I only know very little on WWI Lugers, so forgive me the question: why did DWM use two different fonts for the 1910 date?

Way cool! Congrats

That's a superb pair of Lugers with some very cool unit markings and holsters to boot. Congrats on picking up some awesome pistols!

Sarco had lances at one point. You Might be able to track one down and make a neat display. I’ve seen a few sell on proxibid in the past. It’s definitely cool to see two of these Lugers at the same time.

Former Still collection?

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Absolut said:

I only know very little on WWI Lugers, so forgive me the question: why did DWM use two different fonts for the 1910 date?

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That is not a question I know the answer to. I will have to get them out again as I think part of the difference is due to camera angle/light exposure in the pics.

gunnertwo said:

Former Still collection?

G2

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Not former Still, came out of another well known Luger collectors collection.

OzzMan said:

Sarco had lances at one point. You Might be able to track one down and make a neat display. I’ve seen a few sell on proxibid in the past.

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You might be thinking of the Argentine lances made by WKC. Sarco got a big bunch of them in years ago. They were similar, but a number of differences with actual Imperial lances. It would work in a pinch though.

For reference, I've only seen a very small number of German lances; they naturally weren't an easy item to bring back at roughly 10' long and solid construction. Wooden lances were originally used, but the 1895 (iirc) models switched to steel shafts. These are discussed in some detail in the Verlag "German Cavalry" book.

A good friend has an Imperial lance with an original pennant. It's a rather rare find and he has it displayed side by side with the Argentine counterpart.

In the pictures below, the Argentine lance is on the left and the German one on the right. The Argentine ones have a spade-like point, whereas the German ones were like a 4-sided spike and a lot less ornate. The shafts are also slightly different, as you'll see.