English Translation

11. Minlsteramt The Head of Division Vng.: 16. AUG. 1944 Prague, 16.August 1944. - No. V/1-969/44g Beheim An 4-Obergruppenführer Minister of State F r a n k. Betr.: Covered manufacturing marks. Reference: Order of 27.July 1944 -St. M.IV N - 120 b/44 g -. 2 attachments. In this matter, I have once again contacted the Chairman of the Arms Commission and Arms Inspector-General Major Hernekamp, who has requested a statement from the military inspection officer, which is included in the copy, on the question of the camouflage of weapons, ammunition and equipment manufactured in the Protectorate. In particular, Jch may also refer to the extract from the "Special Conditions for War Orders of the Military Arms Office February 1943". In addition, where, for technical reasons, an identification mark is essential and required in the production documents or the contract letter, the manufacturing of weapons must be based on the disguised manufacturing mark established by the contracting authority. In order to make it difficult to decode, the Army Arms Office has, in part, already begun to change the known manufacturing signs from time to time. In order to avoid the cracking of chalk notes, the army inspection inspectors have been instructed to make sure that all designations with the corresponding means are removed completely before the final painting. The President of the Arms Commission and of the Inspector General of Arms, in his letter dated 1 August 1984, held that "the measures ordered should prevent the recognition of the place of manufacture".