In his WTS thread 1906 Navy 1st issue-altered FS Dwight posted a photo of an original Navy with a large Circle-S adjacent to the C/M stamps on the receiver.
In his thread, Dwight said: "This gun, original in every way, is one of the definitive examples proving that the circle-S is not a rework mark and not necessarily a police pistol."
There is another Circle-S Navy that was shown on this forum by John D. back in 2009 in this thread 1917 1920 circle s marked navy luger #260a
Then there was this article by Dwight about Lugers in general with the Circle-S mark: Circle-S Marked Lugers--Interim Report
The one common thread seems to be 1920 property marks and Weimar use. Coupled with its use on other models of Luger, it seems that whatever the meaning of the Circle-S it has no connection with the Navy, although it's not clear that police association has been disproved.
In the years since the previous threads, has anyone advanced a new theory about this interesting mark? Have more pistols been discovered?
In his thread, Dwight said: "This gun, original in every way, is one of the definitive examples proving that the circle-S is not a rework mark and not necessarily a police pistol."
There is another Circle-S Navy that was shown on this forum by John D. back in 2009 in this thread 1917 1920 circle s marked navy luger #260a
Then there was this article by Dwight about Lugers in general with the Circle-S mark: Circle-S Marked Lugers--Interim Report
The one common thread seems to be 1920 property marks and Weimar use. Coupled with its use on other models of Luger, it seems that whatever the meaning of the Circle-S it has no connection with the Navy, although it's not clear that police association has been disproved.
In the years since the previous threads, has anyone advanced a new theory about this interesting mark? Have more pistols been discovered?