Swastika and Marks question...
 

My stepfather passed away over a year ago now. My mother gave me a number of Lugers he had been collecting. Most of them are your usual types, but this one is different. I tried searching your different posts to try and find an answer but have been unable to find anything relevant to this gun. It has wooden grips and the swastika on it. Also odd numbers on the frame and barrel of then gun. I'll try and attach photos of it. Can anybody tell me something about this other than the obvious? It is a 1941 byf. I haven't seen any other guns with swastikas on the grips. Common / Uncommon?? Thank you! http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfuploa...zed_copy1b.jpg http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfuploa...zed_copy2b.jpg http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfuploa...r_resizedb.jpg

From everything I have read, ALL items shown were added later, probably by the GI that owned it, or an enterprising German.

Ed

Barry, I have to agree with Ed regarding the medallions. However, your byf 41 is exciting because of the E/655 and E/135 Waffenamt Marks on the right side of the receiver.

Besides the one I have, I have only seen one other than yours and only heard of perhaps a dozen others.

Would you please tell me the serial number of your nice Luger!! Thanks :)

THanks for the replies guys. The serial number is 6636. No letters or anything else. What would be the significance of the E/655 and E/135 Waffenamt Marks?

Barry, earlier byf 41 Lugers were inspected by Waffenamt (Weapons Office) Inspector whose mark was E/655. Later the E/135 Inspector took over. Your pistol is the transition between these inspectors. Usually both inspector marks are the same, ie either E/655 & E/655 or E/135 & E/135. Seldom do you see the mixture!! Congratulations!!

Thanks Frank. From reading your posts and others on these forums, I've learned a lot about P08's. These guns are really fascinating...you really wish they could talk and tell you where they've been and what they've seen. Unfortunately from reading other posts, it looks like it's impossible to find out which guns were assigned to different people. But learning about the different numbers on the guns are very interesting.

Frank...Ed.....Thanks...

SGT 215

Okay, on the right side of this pistol,is that blood that took off the bluing like I've seen on other pistols here on this forum? Sure looks like the same kind of "bluing solvent" where the blood was left on the gun for so long and the blood ate away at the finish.

This could very well be blood pitting... blood doesn't take very long to remove gun blue...