[student1979]

From my collection:
A consecutive numbered pair of P.38s, two ac42s.
With the early serialnumbers, they should be prodused on the first of january 1942.
Serialnumbers are 54 & 55.
Pictures below:

http://www.blinkskudd.net/Album/images/gun/pistol/ac425455.jpg

http://www.blinkskudd.net/Album/images/gun/pistol/ac4254.jpg

http://www.blinkskudd.net/Album/images/gun/pistol/ac4255.jpg

 

[taudelt]

That pretty NEAT....... I have never seen that before........ GREAT FIND..........

 

[Edward Tinker]

Peter, nice guns!

Is it possible to upload pictures directly to THIS forum? In that way the pictures stay for a long period of time, otherwise many times the pictures are deleted or taken off of the persons website and the learning example we had, no longer exists...

Ed

 

[Ron Smith]

ABBRA-CA-POKUS,HOCUS-CA-DABBRA,WALLA-WALLA WASHINGTON!! Photos of Peter's, two really nice consecutive #'d P.38s.
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[student1979]

Thanks!

 

[Edward Tinker]

Thanks RON!!

But remember, the important thing is to share the pictures and words and that is what you have done Peter and we appreciate that very much!!

Ed

 

[shawn martin]

Very Interesting! How did you manage to acquire two sequential pistols? is there a story behind them that you can share? I like to hear the history behind a weapon if you know it.

 

[Pancho]

Ditto on Shawn's posting.
Absolutely too cool.
What a great pair of pistols.
Must know how you got them.

 

[student1979]

I had just #55 originally, and just happened to stumble across #54 at another collectors.

The guy who had it(#54) would not sell, but I got it in the end.. But it was not cheap at all... Both guns came to Norway during WW2, and I bought both in the same area. The guns had been apart for 55 years. Now they will be togheter as long as I own them...

Next project is to find two original P38-holsters with the same code and both stamped "1942".

 

[shawn martin]

I wonder what the odds are of even comming into contact with two sequentially numbered pistols, even if they were sent with the same unit to the same area 60-some years ago. It's a remarkable story and even more remarkable that you were able to acquire both. I'm curious, did the original owner of #54 KNOW you had #55? I imagine if so that that heavily influenced the price!

Shawn

 

[student1979]

He did not know I owned the other one until I told him..... He did not want to sell originally, and the only way to get it was to tell him, and then pay him big time...

 

[Ron Smith]

Wow! What a score. It would be worth it to me. Hypothically speaking you may have doubled the value of both, by bringing them together.

Ron