Markings
 

Here are a few more pics of the Luger.

The grips had an S stamped on them with the matching 47 that is on the gun.

Can anyone give me more info on the eagles that are stamped on the gun?

The first two pair are Army Acceptance stamps, a little hard to tell from the photos, but they appear to both be 'stick winged' E/63s, which is correct for that pistol, and the third one, is an Army Test Proof Stamp.

Thanks WB! Would you have anything to add about the year and make that wasn't discussed above?

UT

There were approx. 38500 1939 S-42's manufactured and approx. 85500 42- 1939's produced. The change, according to Still , occurred in April 1939. Bill

correct, just reading up with Still at the moment, and as someone else pointed out on the previous page, and as Bill and Still's (i'm a poet :p), insight above confirms, is that there weren't a 'big' amount of these made, as they changed from the S/42, to a '42' code pistol in April, so, the majority of 1939s are 42 code.

Thanks guys, I appreciate you taking the time to look up the info for me. The more I learn about this little pistol, the more I like it. I can't get over how tight the action is for a 70 year old gun. The Germans have their act together when it comes to engineering things.

Before I retired from the Air Force, I was able to visit the Eagles Nest in Germany and I was amazed that they were still using the original elevator that was built inside the mountain. That thing was smooth all the way to the top and I beleive it got its power from a diesel motor. One of these days I hope to get back to Germany.

Tracey

The elevator at the Eagle's Nest is still powered by a U-Boat diesel engine!

Collector Mark Bando owns the original keys to the elevator shaft doors, liberated by a 101st. Airborne trooper.

Very nice Luger and clock

Wow, keys to the elavator, that would make a great conversation piece.

Here's a photo of the keys, they were so long they folded. Mark Bando has a nice website with great historical content as well as a nice souvenir collection.

http://www.101airborneww2.com/souvenirs4.html

Very nice site and it's good to see someone collecting all of that history.

I received a Gunbroker.com email today that stated WWII items are the number one military collectable and that Nazi items are highly sought after.

What an incredible collection.