No matter how large my Luger collection grows, I've found that there's always someone with more, sometimes a lot more. A European collect friend, who specializes in these guns, has kindly permitted me to show a few items from his extensive collection.

 

Norm, congratulations and thank you for presenting this rare Mauser P 08, assembled in 1945-1946 for France.

Joël

 

Nice info !

 

Thank you, interesting.

 

Norm,
the book "The Parabellum is back! 1945-2000" by Mauro Baudino and Gerben van Vlimmeren contains, extensively, these P08 and lP08 made in Oberndorf for the French.
Saluti
Giuliano

 

Dear Norm,
Congratulation for your rare P08 made under French Control - Second variation.
Giuliano is right, the book "The Parabellum is back! 1945 - 2000" contains the most accurate data about this variaiton.
By the way, your pistol is already in the data base of serial number at page 207 of the mentioned book.

You can have also a look here : http://www.lugerlp08.com/the artillery luger - the last parabellum.htm

and here: http://www.theparabellumisback.com/index.htm

Cheers,

Mauro

 

Hi Mauro, I owe you and Gerben an apology. I purchase all newly published Luger reference books on principle, "The Parabellum is Back" included, but have to confess that I barely glanced through it as it is so far out of my usual area of interest, which is Imperial Navy. So thank you for bringing your book to my attention, the chapter on the Lugers assembled at Oberndorf is by far the most thorough coverage of these rare and interesting pistols.
Best regards, Norm

 

My pleasure Norme,
Enjoy your rare beauty.

Mauro