![]() ![]() ![]() I will address the holster in my next post. The combination tool that would be stored in the small pouch at the top of the holster is unmarked, and of undetermined age – but likely a reproduction. I purchased the correct era aluminum base magazine some time later. It came with the wood base magazine shown, which should have been with a WWI era Luger. My Luger has all matching serial numbers except the magazine. – Same model and serial number, different code. ![]() I spent several hours cooling my heels at the police station until Military Police Investigators determined that the stolen gun had a different manufacturing code. The weapon’s serial number came up as stolen in Florida. I was reassigned to Ft Hood Texas and followed the rules of registering my privately owned firearms with the Provost Marshal. The S/42 on the toggle was code for the Mauser Oberndorf plant.Įach manufacturing code had its own serial number sequence, and this caused me a bit of a headache in the late 1980s. During that time, the Germans were making a concerted effort to conceal their arms buildup, and used various manufacturing codes and serial number sequences to conceal production numbers from the allies. My Luger was manufactured in 1936, as marked over the chamber. Today they call that a straw purchase, back then it was just a mom who knew her kid could be trusted with a handgun. I recall dragging mom to a pawn shop, and her patiently filling out the paperwork. ![]() Actually I should say my mother did, as I was under age to buy a pistol. Way back in the 1970s, when I was still in high school, I purchased this Luger with my summer job money. Although it was officially replaced by the P-38 in 1940, the Luger continued in service with the German military through the rest of WWII and also served in the armies of several other nations. Probably one of the most recognizable pistols in the world, the Luger entered German service in 1908 and remained the primary issue pistol through two world wars. ![]()
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