By Larry B. Schuknecht

From the very beginning in 1877 the German Patent Office offered only the Deutsches Reichs Patents but starting in 1891 two distinctly different forms of protection was offered to inventors. Records were kept of the D. R. P.’s or Deutsches Reichs Patents which we have available for reference from the German web site http://depatisnet.dpma.de. The D. R. G. M.’s or Deutsches Reichs Gebrauches Muster records were not kept and to my knowledge the only material available on them are what can be found in the old gun makers periodicals of the time. Each issue of the old periodicals often carried lists of the D.R.P.’s and D.R.G.M.’s which were applied for and issued but these often only contained the number, inventor and title. An example is the D.R.G.M. no. 351857 issued to Hilmar Stötzer as seen below.

Sometimes a D. R. G.M. was considered important enough (or the inventor was willing to pay) to get additional exposure in the old periodicals with an article detailing the invention and drawings which illustrated the features.

This page starts out with a series of D.R.G.M.’s from 1892, the first of which covered a target pistol by Georg Scharfenberg of Mehlis. By 1898 the focus of the coverage changed to that of Drillings. As other articles about D.R.G.M.’s are found, they will be added. I will include all D.R.G.M.’s that are firearms related that are covered in depth. They appear in the order that they were published, not as they were issued.

The D.R.G.M.’s on this page are-

No number-George Sharfenberg-Mehlis-Precision Target Pistol

17461-Peter Oberhammer-Munich-Projectile

20792- George Scharfenberg-Mehlis-Lock up for Kipplauf pistol

20862-David König’s Sohne-Mehlis-Self cocking Hammerless Kipplauf gun

21542-Carl Fleischer-Mehlis-Tesching Revolver

22008-Fr. Wilh. Kessler-Suhl-Self Cocking Hammerless Drilling

47162-Robert Albrecht-Suhl-Hammerless Falling Block Action

32199-Theime & Schlegelmilch-Suhl-Drilling Barrel Assembly

24983-Robert Albrecht-Suhl-Self Cocking Gun

326160-J. G. Anschutz-Mehlis-Rifle Action Hammer

71381-Imm. Meffert-Suhl-Self Cocking Hammerless Drilling

90036-Ernst Kerner-Suhl-Drilling Hammer & Trigger Assembly

77479-Greifelt & Co.- Suhl-Drilling Action & Safety

89712-Gebr. Luck-Suhl-Drilling Action & Locks

91730-Fr. Wilh. Kessler-Suhl-Drilling Action & Locks

92919-Fr. Zschocke-Suhl-Self Cocking Action

93237-Gebr. Luck-Suhl-Hammerless Drilling Action

94880-Fr. Wilh. Kessler-Suhl–Hammerless Lock

91730-Gebr. Rempt-Suhl-drilling Action

93735-Robert Schrader-Suhl-Drilling Barrels

95217-Emil Eckold-Suhl-Drilling Action

97555- E. Munch-Frankfurt n. O.- Drilling Lock

32617- Heinrich Langenhan- Mehlis- Hammerless Action

36653- Max Hermdorff-Mehlis- Hammer activated Lock Up

36655- Robert Albrecht-Suhl- Automatic rear sight for Drillings

55643- Ernst König-Zella St. Bl.- Drilling

55210- Ignaz Dornach- Weiler, Bayern- Bullet Seater

48384- Feliz Arnd- Berlin- Drilling Lockup

45592- Franz Luck- Suhl- Self Cocking Drilling

56863- Greifelt & Co.- Suhl- Drilling Safety

56533- Oscar Will-Zella St. Blasii- Air Rifle

59714- Aug.Schuler- Suhl & Paul Reuss-Stuttgart- Drilling

58624 & 61259- Fr. Zschocke-Suhl- Safety for Self Cocking Double Barrel

66514- Fr. Wilh. Heym- Suhl- Drilling Safety

66149-Ludwig & Hugo Catterfeld- Mehlis- Cartridge Extractor

66150- Emil Barthelmes- Zella St. Blasii- Drilling rear sight mechanism

71627- Fr. Zschocke- Suhl- Drilling ejector mechanism

70326- Ernst Friedrich Büchel- Mehlis- Safety mechanism

73950- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Hammerless Drilling

77902- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Drilling rifle extractor

76448- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Shotgun choke

81761- Heinrich Bader- Mehlis- Hirschfanger and Revolver combination

85935- Emil Barthelmes- Zella St. Blasii- Martini action firing pin

92635- Ernst Fr. Büchel- Mehlis- Falling block action

105852- Franz Luck- Suhl- Lock mechanism enclosed in Breech Block

101233- Ernst Friedrich Büchel- Mehlis- Drilling cocking mechanism

108231- Fr. Wilh. Kessler- Suhl- Falling block action

108340- Franz Luck- Suhl- Lock mechanism

112001- Robert Schadt- Braunschweig- Drilling front sight

82682- E. v. Lettow- Danzig- Single Shot Action

84781- E. v. Lettoe- Danzig- Spirit level attachment

122807- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Rear sight mechanism for Drillings

122341- Fritz Zschocke- Suhl- Drilling rifle selector mechanism

125046- Ernst Friedrich Büchel- Mehlis- Self cocking firing mechanism

113326- R. Bornmuller & Co.- Suhl- Self cocking Drilling Model 1900

141265- Albrecht Kind- Huntstig- Hand Loading Tool

141265- Albert Preuss- Charlottenberg- Hand Loading Tool (see above)

137925- Ewald Blumhagen- Friedland- Handgun

130306- R. Bornmüller & Co.- Suhl- Hand loading tool

150760- Greifelt & Co.- Suhl- Single Trigger

153433-Paul Reuss- Stuttgart- Action

127903- Ludwig Catterfeldt- Mehlis- Zimmerstutzen Action

153090- Albrecht Kind- Hunstig- Cartridge magazine in butt stock

175267- Heinrich Moritz- Zella St. Blasii- Zimmerstutzen action

149175- Albrecht Kind- Hunstig- Moving rabbet target

194783- Karl Triebel- Suhl- Drilling single trigger

201258- F. W. Kessler- Suhl- Drilling safety

210519- Ernst Friedrich Büchel- Mehlis- self cocking hammerless action

212512- Christoph Funk- Suhl- Safety

209989- Herm. Burgsmüller- Kreisen- Barrel & Receiver lock up

225826- Greifelt & Co.- Suhl- Drilling Safety

217361- F. W. Kessler- Suhl- Martini Receiver cut out

220286- Ernst Friedr. Büchel- Breech block with fast hammer lock

240378- F. W. Kessler- Suhl- Lock mechanism

240435- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Drilling extractor

236689- Imman. Meffert- Suhl- Drilling selector mechanism

248098- Valentin Kern- Nürnberg- Safety

No number- A. Stricker- Berlin- Adjustable cheek piece

251676- Greifelt & Co.- Suhl- Extractor mechanism

249766- I. C. Stahl- Hamburg- Muzzle band with front sight

254863- Ernst Friedrich Büchel- Mehlis- Self cocking target pistol

26094- Hugo Martschin- Berlin- SxS front sight and base

No number- Albrecht Kind- Hunstig- Hand loading tool

292058- G. Teschner & Co.- Frankfurt a. O.- Safety

292965- Imman. Meffert- Suhl- Drilling Safety

292016- G. Teschner & Co.- Frankfurt a.O.- Self cocking action

297111- Karl König Ferd. Sohn- Mehlis- Handgun barrel mount to receiver

296912- centralstelle für wissenschaftlich technische Untersuchungen, G. m. b. H. -Neubabelsberg- Cartridge head & primer

295297- O. Geyger & Co.- Berlin- Scope

284955- Hugo Menz- Suhl- Try Gun

315704/5- O. A. Schilling- Stettin- Target pistol action

No number- Albrecht Kind- Hunstig- Rear sight Diopter

No number- Albrecht Kind- Hunstig- hand loading tool

397816- Joh. Heinr. Blum- Zella St. Blasii- Hand Loading Tool

134771- Gustav schneider-Zella St. Blasii- Shotgun sight