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Unread 01-04-2008, 07:01 PM   #3
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Henry, I am not sure what I can add to what I emailed you (see below) and perhaps others have a better guess than me.

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1. A 19xx (year it was first made) by DWM, that was reworked in the Weimar era by the Berlin Police Armory (with Simson supplied parts) around 1935.
2. It has a Sear Safety, which may very well have been put onto the luger at the same time that it received the sear safety.
3. If there are no unit markings on the front of the grip strap, it is hard to know who this was issued too, but definitely a luger that served in WW1, then the Weimar era (although there is speculation that many were placed into storage until it was needed), and then reworked by the Berlin Police Armory and issued, most likely in the Berlin area and served through WW2.
Here are some of Henry's pictures;








The S looks like some "S" you see on Simson parts, to include magazines like this one;

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