[John Sabato]

zenithman, Welcome to the Lugerforum...

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now back to your question:

THere should be a date stamped over the chamber. That would be the year of manufacture. From what you have described, the date should be 1937 or earlier... The gun was produced by Mauser (S/42) is the wartime manufacturing code for Mauser for that period of time...

The holster would not have left the factory with gun, they were provided at the time of issue to a soldier. The maker's name was Carl Weiss.

The complete serial number is 214g the "g" being the series of production since the serial numbers on military Lugers normally only go up to 9999 and then start over. The place to slide a shoulder stock is actually what is called the stock lug, and is present on all WW2 military lugers.

Barrel length is measure from the front of the muzzle to the face of the closed breechblock, so you should find that your barrel is 4 inches long when measured that way. under the barrel near the trigger on the front of the frame is where the complete serial number should be... on the bottom of the barrel, you will find a stamp that is likely "8,83" (actually the last two digits could be from 81 to 85). This is the bore diameter in millimeters... the stamp inidicates that it met the specifications during inspection

Is the tool marked in any way? or is it blank?


From the condition you described, and without any photos to examine, I would guess that your Luger, magazines, and holster are worth probably 1000 to 1400 dollars in today's market... But I would only use that as a guess since I haven't personally handled the gun. I would never sell a family heirloom... once it is gone, you can never get it back... it is part of your family history... treasure it, and pass it on to your heirs as part of that history...IMHO.

It would be very helpful if you could post photos. There is a photo tutorial at the top of the Site Announcements, Help and Feedback forum... that you should be able to follow. Do the best you can to take good clear focus closeups of both sides, the top, and the front of the frame, and the stamps that you are having a problem identifying...

If you identify the location where you live, one of our members may live close to you and might be able to give you a first hand account of exactly what you now own.

Congrats on joining this Luger fraternity... it is great bunch of folks that stretches world-wide. Your member number (on the left of your posts) will give you some indication of how large this membership is on this website since you are one of our latest members.