From Ben\'s Private Collection, WWI Era 1917 Dated DWM P08 German Luger W /1920 Property Stamp. 9MM Luger /Para, G/V.G. Cond, Ser# 4322, C& R Eligible

More about the 1920 property stamp as re-printed from Forgotten Weapons. - One will sometimes encounter German WW1 arms - mostly Lugers and Kar98 carbines - that have two date stamps, one of them being 1920. What is the significance of this? The crux of the matter is that the "1920" stamp is not a date, but rather a property mark. When the Treaty of Versailles was being enforced, it restricted the German military to just 100,000 men, and strictly limited the number and types of arms they were al