1938 S/42 P-08 Side plate markings.

[mecano44]

Hello Mike

I think that the magazines bottoms have been exchanged, just to get a nicer look... silver with silver ( your Dad should have done it ..)

The aluminium bottom was only issued with black magazines...

wood bottoms belong to the WWI period

It is well known that german troops on "West-Front" got any kind of remaining supplies... ( as for example 1896 Lebel rifles) could be that your Luger is a post WWI 3rd choice rebuild for " Landsturm troops "
There was not only Panzergrenadiers in the battle of Normandy ....

[MFC]

Originally Posted by mecano44

Hello Mike

I think that the magazines bottoms have been exchanged, just to get a nicer look... silver with silver ( your Dad should have done it ..)

The aluminium bottom was only issued with black magazines...

wood bottoms belong to the WWI period

Wood bottom mags were also used during the Weimar era until 1929 by DWM.
Tin plated, silver colored tubes with aluminum bottoms "silver with silver" were used from 1930 to mid 1936 by Mauser.

[mecano44]

Many thanks for this very interessting information Mike !

Does this mean that there are K ang G types with that kind of Silver/silver magazines or were these only used as spare magazines ?

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Originally Posted by mecano44

Does this mean that there are K ang G types with that kind of Silver/silver magazines or were these only used as spare magazines ?

Almost all magazines used by Mauser, including spares, from 1930 to mid 1936, were "silver/silver". A few DWM wood bottom mags were delivered to Mauser in 1930, and used with their commercial production.