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[Lugerdoc]

Police pistols are another ball game. Appearantly, the police issuing authority (depot, department, etc?) during certain periods (Weimar and early Nazi eras) numbered holsters, cleaning rods and loading tools to either the serial number or unit issue number of the pistol. Once these were issued to an officer, he was responcible to keep them together and in good condition through out his career, which I suspect was a lot longer than soliders who saw combat. TH