automatic pistol
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920246-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Mauser-Werke Oberndorf GmbH
- Date Made 1916
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/01/01
- Latest 1916/12/31
- Brand Name / Model C96 Standard Broomhandle
- Inscription (pistol/pistolet): 338892; WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF A/N; (CROWN) OVER (CROWN) OVER U - INSPECTION MARK; M; (SIX-POINTED STAR) ; 2; 1; C; K; (CROWN) OVER (GOTHIC M); ON FRAME: WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF A. NECKAR; ON BOLT: (CROWN) OVER (CROWN) OVER U; ON HAMMER: (S AND N, INTERTWINED); ON LOCK MECHANISM FRAME: 338892; (holster/étui): DEUTSCHE SIGNALFLAGGEN-FABRIK KARLSRUHE I.B. 1916
- Pattern Name Mauser
- Materials Walnut, Steel
- Service Component Imperial German Army
- Person / Institution Associated Military Personnel, Drummond , M.C., Lieutenant Kevin Stewart
- Measurements Height 15.5 cm, Length 29.7 cm, Width 3.5 cm
- Caption Mauser Pistol
- Additional Information Lieutenant Kevin Drummond captured this German pistol before being wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. Seriously injured, Drummond was sent to Canada to recover. He later returned overseas and was killed in action on 8 August 1918 during the Battle of Amiens. This pistol was likely shipped to Canada along with the rest of Drummond's kit during his period of convalescence. “Seinfeld” or “Sienfold,” the name of its German owner, is written on the back of the holster. The German Army issued some 150,000 Mauser pistols between 1914 and 1918.