Werder M1869 Infanterie Gewehr

[jarmann]

lieber viliers ,
the pistol is marked 251CR5 and striped twice , restamped 1A3 little 13 on the back side above the grip apptierungs years of differend units little 1877 and bigger 1872
I think CR stands for cheveauleger ???? or cavalerie regiment ???
the A could mean artillerie ???? auf die kolbe eindruck GF und waffen nummer 629
biss folgende skriptum
grussen von bei die nordsee
jarmann

[villiers]

Can´t quite make out whether my carbine is stamped ChL or ChR (think it´s ChL).
Have been through Flanders (several times) and it always fill me with dread, seeing all those miles of WW1 military cemeteries where countless Brits, Canadians and other Dominions lost their lives.

[jarmann]

lieber villiers
your name sounds french ,but seem to be common in the UK is that correct ?
found the same name in the book from taylor downing " spies in the sky :secret battle for aerial intelligence during WW2 " of a certain david villiers who served in medmenham centre .
greetings from jarmann
ps .do you have shooting experience with the lee metford mk 2 rifle ?

[villiers]

No to all of that (especially of being .... French). Too young to have been WWII ... or to have used the Metford (just Suez and LE No. 4).

What do you think of the TWO (!) Werder pistols on eGun at the moment?

[jarmann]

lieber villiers
found only one pistol on the egun site ,very nice piece, low serial number, certainly not a rebuilt carabine ,
I 'm not used to go on these auction sites have no knowledge how it works ,you have to register ???

[Patrick Chadwick]

Yes, you have to register, and there are indeed 2 Werder pistols on offer:

http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=4390705

and

http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=4390967

[jarmann]

MY TEXT JUMPED AWAY !!! wrong button ,and I'm not drunk , my computer knowledge is even as limited as using auction sites ,at my age it's evident I think ???
you collect and shoot other rifles or pistols ?
I try to purchase a lee metford mk2 with the metford rifling ,a real challenge to reload for it I learned .....
greetings from wet and cold flanders
jarmann

[jarmann]

thanks chadwick ,
found the 2 nd one ,to dark pictures to me to make a choice , prices are very low at the moment ,at the ROLLY site(france ) is one for sale 2500 eur, you have 2 rolly sites father and son cedric rolly lots of nice stuff prices to !!!!!!!!!!
greetings from jarmann

[villiers]

Can you give us a link to those two French sites?

Collecting can be quite a problem here. There´s a special `collectors´ licence, and I don´t know if you can even shoot your collection. No, I´ve just got the one Luger Parabellum (but with a l a r g e number of different barrels in both calibres (9mm & 7.65), shot regularly (usually under the heading `plinking´).

[jarmann]

cher villiers
you just tap "pierre rolly " then you make a choice " pistolets et revolver" scroll on the fotos until you see the werder 69 pistol , and all the other goodies!!!!!!!!!!!!
for is son you go to " www cedric-rolly armes fr " very nice site with more goodies .......
I shoot every item of my collection we just need a schooters licence and a registration certificate that 's all
greetings from flanders fields ( wow the sun is shining to day at last )
jarmann