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1920 Commercial Luger Artillery "Arty" Thanks to Kyrie Ellis / Moderator - Cruffler_Forum on Yahoo Groups for his contribution for this page ...   1920C_T.JPG Close up of 1920 Commercial Arty Luger cannon. Like many 1920 Commercials, an attempt has been made to remove the chamber date (1917 in this case). The attempt was not entirely successful in this case, as the chamber date was deeply struck. Viewed from the front, one can see that considerable material has been removed from the top of the barrel extension leaving the barrel extension out of round. This is one of the hallmarks of the 1920 Commercial variation. 1920C_L.JPG Left side of 1920 Commercial Arty. Note "Germany" stamp. 1920C_L_CU.JPG Close up of left side markings of 1920 Commercial Arty. Firing proof is present, but not high lighted and so is difficult to see. Collectors, in an effort to determine if "matching" pistols really are matching, will compare the style of numbers - note the distinctive style of the number "4" in the serial numbers on barrel extension, side plate and take down latch. 1920C_B.JPG Bottom of 1920 Commercial barrel and barrel extension. 1920 Commercial barrels were marked in a variety of ways - this barrel carries only the last three digits of the serial number and is not otherwise marked. Note also the barrel witness mark was over-stamped when the new eight inch, 7.65 m/m barrel was installed.