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Who knows Ray…it would have had to have been in 1917 or later.

I guess that is what makes certain guns particularly interesting when there is solid provenance that places a piece within a definite historical time frame and carried by a soldier that can be traced to certain events.

Some collectors only collect ‘unit marked’ guns together with period photos of the particular regiment in question……a very interesting collecting focus in my opinion.

All of our military guns have a history…..it is unfortunate that most of it remains unknown!


Jan Still very kindly did this historical write up on this regiment on his Forum just after I purchased the rig several years ago.


Historic- tradition information on the 122 Füsilier Regiment, from “Ruhmeshalle unsere alten Armee”. Listed are battles and dates as far back as Napoleon. This regiment’s honour name is “Kaiser Franz Josef von Österreich, König von Ungarn (4. Wurttembergisches) Nr. 122”. Its headquarters/base is Heilbronn (I & III) and Mergentheim (II) and it was founded in 1806.

Note: The percentage of national contingents in the German Army during World War I is as follows:
Prussia and the smaller states 78 percent
Bavaria 11 percent
Saxony 7 percent
Wurttemberg 4 percent
From “German WWI Identity Tags/Disks”, Peter Meinlschmidt, page 56.
Lugers unit marked to Wurttemberg Regiments are rare.

During World War I the 122 Füsilier Regiment was part of the 26th, 105th, and the 243rd Infantry Divisions. The LP08 discussed here in probably went into service with the 122 Füsilier Regiment sometime during August-September-October 1917. It spent the rest of 1917 and 1918 battling as part of the 243 Infantry Division on the Western Front. The issuing Regiment controlled and distributed these Lugers to the troops. The history of these Lugers is the same as that of the Regiment that issued them and the troops that carried them.


I added the ‘snail drum magazine’ (TM08) and magazine loader after I purchased the rig.

David