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Pistol, automatic   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Pistol, automatic
Object type Classification: NM3.12771
Description
English: Luger Model P08-14 semi-automatic pistol, 1917, WW1 Lange Pistole 08 (Artillery Luger), from the Battle of the Somme, WW1 semi-automatic pistol; 9mm calibre; 7 inch barrel; wooden chequered grips; toggle action; fixed lanyard loop at rear accessories- with magazine, leather holster together with dismantling tool and cleaning rod, wooden shoulder stock holster- dark brown leather holster with flap lid; pocket for cleaning rod to side; pocket for dismantling tool underneath flap stock- wooden shoulder stock with adjustable leather shoulder straps; leather protecting cap; clips onto rear of butt; leather holster fits over wooden stock when stock is not in use cleaning rod- T-shaped cleaning rod with wooden handle; unnumbered dismantling tool- small steel tool; unnumbered missing- firing pin and spring magazine- 8 round magazine with wooden endcap markings- serial number on underside rear of barrel, forward body by trigger guard, and left hand side of body by chamber- 3255 on sight bed under leaf sight- 1655 on removable parts- 55 date on top of chamber by ejection port- 1917 maker's mark- DWM crest under safety catch- GESICHERT magazine marked- 9806 stock marked on top strap of connecting device- 9806 on left side adjacent to holster flap retaining strap- (crown) - D on leather protecting cap on butt stock marked- (W)AURY and CO - OFFENBACH AM maker's mark under holster- W.KIM - - MAINZ - 1915 manufacturer DWM, Berlin, Germany, 1917
Date circa 1917
date QS:P571,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 15 Oct 1979; 1917
Dimensions

width: 110mm
width: 35mm
width: 185mm
length: 200mm
length: 345mm
depth: 45mm
length: 355mm
height: 128mm
length: 340mm
depth: 70mm
notes: overall
notes: barrel

notes: wooden stock
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1979.174
Place of creation Somme; New Zealand; Germany
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1979.174, A7077
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Luger Model P08-14 semi-automatic pistol, 1917, WW1 Lange Pistole 08 (Artillery Luger), from the Battle of the Somme, WW1 Taken by Mr George Cain during the Battle of the Somme in 1917. Note, the holster is dated 1915. Mr George Cain is very probably 13393 Sergeant George Cain, 13th Reinforcements, 1NZEF.

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