In this period of COVID-19, I have plenty of time to visit my safe...
Here are two interesting and pretty scarce Mauser Model 1914 pistols,
namely because of their WW1 German regimental markings on front grip strap.
Those are the only two German WW1 regimental marked Mauser 1914 pistols I could acquire in over 30 years as a collector!
1) Mauser 1914
Regimental: R.50.8.K.
SN: 40711 - Dated: 1914
It refers to 50th Regiment of Infantry, 8th Company, based in Silesia.
Info taken from:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War_order_of_battle
Under the Fifth (V) Army Corps
10th Infantry Division : Generalleutnant Christoph von Schmidt
19th Brigade : Oberst von Henning auf Schönhoff
1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment, No. 6
1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 46
20th Brigade : Generalmajor Walther von Montbary
Westphalian Fusilier Regiment, No. 37
3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment, No. 50
The 50th (3rd Lower Silesian) Infantry Regiment was raised in 1860, Garrison of Rawitsch, Lissa
Found a German book about this regiment: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Bo...tsch-Lissa+i.+P&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2
2) Mauser 1914
Regimental: 11.G.R.8.K.
SN: 135969 - Dated: 1917
It refers to the (WWI) 11th Grenadier-Regiment, 8th Company.
History
11th (2nd Silesian) Grenadiers "King Frederick III" (Breslau), belonging to 22nd Infantry Brigade, VI Army Corps / raised 21 Nov 1808,
although it appears that Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich III (2. Schlesisches) Nr. 11 was named that way in 1900.
This regiment changed name many times in a century:
(according to: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Gren.R_11#Namensgebung):
21.11.1808: 2. Schlesisches Inf.-Regt.
5.11.1816: 11. Inf.-Regt. (2. Schlesisches)
10.3.1823: 11. Infanterie-Regiment
4.7.1860: 2. Schlesisches Gren.-Regt. Nr.11
22.3.1888: 6. Gren.-Regt. Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm Nr.11
21.6.1888: Gren.-Regt. Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm (2. Schlesisches) Nr.11
6.5.1900: Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich III (2. Schlesisches) Nr. 11
For your appreciation, fellow collectors.
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