This 1937 P08 3058s is standard early 1937 mauser product, all matching and showing minimal use. It was brought home from europe in 1945 by an Army Dentist, who had acquired it in a card game.
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S/42 3058s is interesting because it has a matching Krieghoff magazine .
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The magazine is an extruded type, mid machining-unmarked, classified as BIB by Gibson. Basically an unmarked Haenel that was used for Krieghoff lugers starting in 1937 around serial 6000.The mag bottom bears the early LWaA acceptance mark upside down. As noted in TRL, page 91, about 16%(or more) of Mauser military P08 were routed to the Luftwaffe, however actual records of procurement before 1939 were not available. In contrast to Kriegsmarine or Police lugers, identification of Luftwaffe issued Mauser lugers is usually not possible,as they were not marked in a specific manner. The matching Krieghoff magazine with S/42 3058s suggests that it was a Mauser luger used by the Luffwaffe .
John
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S/42 3058s is interesting because it has a matching Krieghoff magazine .
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The magazine is an extruded type, mid machining-unmarked, classified as BIB by Gibson. Basically an unmarked Haenel that was used for Krieghoff lugers starting in 1937 around serial 6000.The mag bottom bears the early LWaA acceptance mark upside down. As noted in TRL, page 91, about 16%(or more) of Mauser military P08 were routed to the Luftwaffe, however actual records of procurement before 1939 were not available. In contrast to Kriegsmarine or Police lugers, identification of Luftwaffe issued Mauser lugers is usually not possible,as they were not marked in a specific manner. The matching Krieghoff magazine with S/42 3058s suggests that it was a Mauser luger used by the Luffwaffe .
John