1941 Mauser Banner of Unknown Identity
 

I recently got my hands a 1941 Banner Mauser P08 Luger. The question exactly what is it? All the numbers match, but it has a sear safety. I know that was typically found on Police models. But police models were usually all black, or at least the photo's I've seen were black looking. So is it a commercial model, or a police model taken from commercial to fill a contract? As the pics show you can see tooling marks on the frame, especially on the right side. I have one matching #2 magazine. The box is something the original "american" owner had built for it. The original owner that brought it back to the US said he obtained it in Austria.

Typical banner police , only problem with the extractor : must be in black , nice matching mag
Seems to be eagle L stamped on right side, I don't see well

1941 Banner Police and it has been redone, as LU1900 said the extractor should not be strawed(nor should the other small parts). Also, the dome of the rivet on the sear safety should be in the white. It appears to have been blued.

Looks like the second owner had the piece re-finished, likely when he had the box made for it.
A little too much buffing in places.

Still, a nice piece. A good example of the luger art. I wouldn't throw it away...

Is that the 'X' block?

In my opinion nice luger, although that extractor trigger and the thumb safety strawed stand out a bit.
Probably partially reblued but I can't really tell from the pictures.

A nice looking Banner luger that has been redone nicely, but not correctly. I would be proud to own it.

Handsome gun!

I'm not any expert, but it just looks like it's been refinished (re-blued). No signs of normal wear that gun that old should have.

I also thought the side plate looked odd in one of the photos - it seems to be irregularly shaped on the raised part. If it's not correctly fitted, the side plate may give you trouble firing the gun.

The extractor is a very odd color. Some are a plum color, but this one looks wrong to me. The sear safety would not have originally been straw colored, but it does look good.d

The only part we can't see is the front of the frame, where the full serial numbers and suffix are found above the trigger guard. Good photos, otherwise.

Overall, it's a handsome gun!

One might consider having the strawed parts blued in order to make its configuration something consistent with how it was born. But any Luger is a wonder to behold, and if you're more worried about shooting it than the finer points, then it's already good to go, and should make a dandy shooter that has a touch of collectibility and no shortage of charm. As a bonus, its out-of-kilter flat surfaces can turn the conversation to a cautionary tale about how less is sometimes more when it comes to Luger refinishing.