The early triad. The photo is none too clear - sorry about that, but its the best specimen I have lying around.This had something to do with those annoying international agreements which plagued Europe after World War 1, and just gave everyone headaches without actually doing anything useful to avoid the big problems.An early one - the Eibar single and final proof for self-loading pistols and revolvers, a lion rampant (standing on one foot, more or less, and rearing dramatically).
In the late 1920s the lion was also reguardant (looking over his shoulder). A version from the early 1920s was rampant but not reguardant - the change has no significance so far as the meaning or use of the stamp is concerned.) As a single proof this stamp might appear by itself just about anywhere. As a final proof it appeared as part of the triad, a group of three stamps found close together on most Spanish pistols. A late one, introduced on December 14, 1929 - the replacement for the lion rampant, reguardant. For revolvers, the new mark was an R inscribed in something like a bomb. For self-loading pistolas, the new mark was a P inscribed inside the same bomb. Again, this stamp might appear by itself, or as the final part of the triad. An early one - a shield with saltire couped (shortened diagonal cross - in this case, maybe a representation of crossed rifles) surmounted by a crown. ![]() But it unquestionably appears on auto pistols made before 1929. And so far as Ive seen, it invariably appears with the P.V. Whatever the stamp above is, this is the late version which replaced it. The shield with saltire couped was unchanged, but the crown was replaced with a visored helm with weird lines spring out of it - perhaps meant to represent plumes. The Spanish Republic was formed immediately after King Alfonso XIII fled the country in 1931, so I suppose the crown really had to go. Star Pistol S Code Was IntroducedIt did not disappear immediately when the year code was introduced in 1927. I have seen it on pistols unquestionably made later than 1927. Eventually, though, it disappeared in favor of the year code. A late one, or rather, a series - the year code which replaced STAMP 5, the mysterious P.V., as the middle of the three triad stamps. However I have seen guns with the early triad (including the P.V. So apparently the date code system took some time to come into standard use. The star itself usually didnt stamp too well, and it just looks like a misshapen dent, as in the photo at left. I photographed that one on a Model 60043 rather than a Model 900.
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