Murray, nice find. The sear safety and Haenel Schmeisser magazine are not uncommon in Imperial P08s reissued to the police. My guess is this means the pistol saw use in the early Nazi era. Gortz and Bryans has information on the H-S magazine order for the Police dated September 1935. The magazines were ordered in parts with order ranging from 3000 followers to 10000 springs. Apparently they were salvaging what they could.
LZA is a leather goods warehouse for the Imperial military "Lederzug Ampt" I think. The H. Berlin indicates the Warehouse was in Berlin. The Manufacturers marks are probably elsewhere on the Holster.
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