My Father's WWII Luger

Edward Tinker · 08-04-2009, 01:51 PM

So, far I can tell you that it is a police luger (sear safety and unit marking) made by DWM in 1920.

So they may or may not have been "officers" in the army, although most US GI's either didn't know the difference or didn't care to distinguish the difference

Value for police guns is a bit less, two matching mags for an army is much rarer, but not unknown for police guns.

Value is from $1500-$1800 perhaps a bit more, or a bit less in todays market...

What markings does the holster have on it?

Its the "army" style, so it might have been swapped at one time or not...

Ed

SuperTech1 · 08-04-2009, 02:05 PM

These are the only markings I found on the holster. I didn't find any markings on the "field strip tool" either.

Thanks for the info!!

SuperTech1 · 08-04-2009, 09:07 PM

"So they may or may not have been "officers" in the army, although most US GI's either didn't know the difference or didn't care to distinguish the difference "

After looking at this I can certainly believe you!

http://books.google.com/books?id=SSW...age&q=&f=false

After doing some research on this fine site and other places on the internet it appears that the police unit markings on my father's Luger translate roughly to:

Schutzpolitzei of Hanover 2nd District Item 8

It's amazing what you can learn about these "pieces of history"!

08-04-2009, 01:51 PM	#1
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,980 Thanks: 2,079 Thanked 4,614 Times in 2,127 Posts	So, far I can tell you that it is a police luger (sear safety and unit marking) made by DWM in 1920. So they may or may not have been "officers" in the army, although most US GI's either didn't know the difference or didn't care to distinguish the difference Value for police guns is a bit less, two matching mags for an army is much rarer, but not unknown for police guns. Value is from $1500-$1800 perhaps a bit more, or a bit less in todays market... What markings does the holster have on it? Its the "army" style, so it might have been swapped at one time or not... Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

08-04-2009, 09:07 PM	#3
SuperTech1 User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 9 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Police Markings "So they may or may not have been "officers" in the army, although most US GI's either didn't know the difference or didn't care to distinguish the difference " After looking at this I can certainly believe you! http://books.google.com/books?id=SSW...age&q=&f=false After doing some research on this fine site and other places on the internet it appears that the police unit markings on my father's Luger translate roughly to: Schutzpolitzei of Hanover 2nd District Item 8 It's amazing what you can learn about these "pieces of history"! Last edited by SuperTech1; 08-04-2009 at 09:55 PM.

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