Mauser Kreigsmarine marked Model 1934 pistol manufactured in 1938 with matching KM property markings on the grip strap and magazine floor plate.
The KM property markings indicate Ostee Naval Station with the "O" marking.
This is a Variation 2 Mauser Model 1934 Kreigsmarine marked pistol.
My holster with KM markings is not great, but they are very hard to find.
Shown below are three KM marked holsters in great condition that do not belong to me...unfortunately.
Great KM markings on this holster.
Estimated production of these Variation 2 Kriegsmarine marked guns was 3,000.
(Reference; Jan Still –Axis Pistols)
As Peter Dunster has said these KM marked pistols are probably easier to find in Canada than in the U.S. based on where the Canadian Army was operating.
The pistol shown above was picked up in Wilhelmshaven by a Canadian Vet following the German surrender.
David
There were two navy markings Ostsee (“O”) Baltic Sea and Nordsee (“N”)
North Sea and Baltic Sea. These are divided into the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. At the north tip of Denmark the boundary is marked through a strengthened line between the seas.
Comments by James Fetterley back in in 2007.
The historical portion of Nordsee verses Ostee is basically two separate ports with various ships assigned to these ports. O property marks for Ostee and N property marked weapons for North sea. The makeup of the regulations and orders were basically the same except for the assigned patrols out of the respective ports. Depending on Admiral Raeder and his successor Admiral Donitz instructions and the wishes of the high command coming out of Berlin.
The Fuehrer (Hitler) of course could supersede any order. Intelligence reports coming into the high command would be checked and filtered back to the ports depending on the priority assigned. These reports were then studied by the respective ports to thwart the convoys heading to Russia or any of the Northern resistance groups operating in the Scandavian countries.
The actual fleet difference between O and N property marked weapons I believe is unknown as ships of capital tonnage were moved at all times. Weapons were regulated to the various ships depending on the size and compliment of manpower, during times at the docks the weapons were then stored and checked by the dockyards and I am sure reassigned to the various ships as they were commissioned for patrols. It is also largely unknown which German Naval personnel actually carried which weapon. I am sure that the officers were expected to purchase their own private firearms like the rest of the German forces with property marks assigned to the various weapons as a form of inventory control.
Kiel was the Naval port on the Balic Sea and Wilhelmshaven was the Naval port on the North Sea.
This is the document what came with this pistol?
The KM property markings indicate Ostee Naval Station with the "O" marking.
This is a Variation 2 Mauser Model 1934 Kreigsmarine marked pistol.
My holster with KM markings is not great, but they are very hard to find.
Shown below are three KM marked holsters in great condition that do not belong to me...unfortunately.
Great KM markings on this holster.
Estimated production of these Variation 2 Kriegsmarine marked guns was 3,000.
(Reference; Jan Still –Axis Pistols)
As Peter Dunster has said these KM marked pistols are probably easier to find in Canada than in the U.S. based on where the Canadian Army was operating.
The pistol shown above was picked up in Wilhelmshaven by a Canadian Vet following the German surrender.
David
There were two navy markings Ostsee (“O”) Baltic Sea and Nordsee (“N”)
North Sea and Baltic Sea. These are divided into the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. At the north tip of Denmark the boundary is marked through a strengthened line between the seas.
Comments by James Fetterley back in in 2007.
The historical portion of Nordsee verses Ostee is basically two separate ports with various ships assigned to these ports. O property marks for Ostee and N property marked weapons for North sea. The makeup of the regulations and orders were basically the same except for the assigned patrols out of the respective ports. Depending on Admiral Raeder and his successor Admiral Donitz instructions and the wishes of the high command coming out of Berlin.
The Fuehrer (Hitler) of course could supersede any order. Intelligence reports coming into the high command would be checked and filtered back to the ports depending on the priority assigned. These reports were then studied by the respective ports to thwart the convoys heading to Russia or any of the Northern resistance groups operating in the Scandavian countries.
The actual fleet difference between O and N property marked weapons I believe is unknown as ships of capital tonnage were moved at all times. Weapons were regulated to the various ships depending on the size and compliment of manpower, during times at the docks the weapons were then stored and checked by the dockyards and I am sure reassigned to the various ships as they were commissioned for patrols. It is also largely unknown which German Naval personnel actually carried which weapon. I am sure that the officers were expected to purchase their own private firearms like the rest of the German forces with property marks assigned to the various weapons as a form of inventory control.
Kiel was the Naval port on the Balic Sea and Wilhelmshaven was the Naval port on the North Sea.
This is the document what came with this pistol?
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