KM372 (WW-II German Lead Inspection Stamp from Firearm) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1940
Not before (date)
1940
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Description
German lead inspection stamp. Small disk with raised number “655” and thin coiled iron wire for attachment to trigger guard. Inspection stamp of Heereswaffenamt from small-caliber pistol or carbine manufactured in 1940 by Mauser Werke KG in Oberndorf-am-Neckar, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Preservation comment
Intact disk with heavily corroded iron wire.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1241, 1250, no. 976, fig. 28.8
Diameter
0.017
Thickness
0.005
Belongs to Historical Period
Modern (Historical Period)
Material
Lead (Material)
Drawing
Photograph