The spring weather is so nice today in Las Vegas I just had to bust outdoors and snap some pictures of my latest military pistol acquisition. This is a German Navy Kriegsmarine M1934 with a Weimar Eagle over M engraved on the side plate. It has the commercial test proof C/U on the top of slide behind the rear sight and right side of barrel retaining lug. This is an early Nazi Navy Kriegsmarine M1934 probably procured by the Navy around 1935. This one is serial number 518255 (Jan in his book Axis PistolsEpage 165 shows the highest observed serial as 518278) so this is a pretty late one. The serial number range reported in Axis PistolsEpage 165 at that time was 505953 to 518278 and property numbers from O.1185 to O.2018. This one is Kriegsmarine O property marked on the front grip strap O.2087. This same property number is found on the bottom of the magazine floor plate--see pictures. This is a fairly rare pistol especially with a matching property marked magazine. Jan again in Axis PistolsEsays there were about 800 of these early M1934s acquired by the Kriegsmarine. Most Kriegsmarine pistols were property marked with either a O (Ostsee =East, or Baltic Sea) or N(Nordsee=North Sea) prefix followed by a period (dot) and one to four numerals--they were not applied in sequence with the pistol serial numbers. Later in the war Navy pistols were NOT property marked receiving just the Kriegsmarine marking. This M1934 is in excellent condition all matching with a beautiful high polish hot salt blue finish with some blue loss on some edges. It also has the early elongated Mauser banner on the side plate. Mechanically the pistol is in excellent condition with a near perfect barrel bore with no pitting or frosting. The walnut wood grips are in very nice condition with very nice checkering and exhibiting outstanding craftsmanship that is hard to see in the photos. Anybody have a Kriegsmarine marked M1934 holster for sale or know where I can find one? Thanks, Lloyd in Vegas
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