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pistolenpatronen 08 MM
1944 dou. 59
NZ. Stb. P. n/A (o,8 0,8) 1944
Parrh. (St)+-1944 dou
Gesch.-1944 dou.
Zdh. 08-1942 eem 56.

Translated it means:
9x19mm para rounds, with iron core (mE, rather than MM).
Lot 59, made in 1944 by Waffenwerke Brunn (former CZ in occupied Tjecho-Slowakia).
Filled with 'Stabchenpulver Neuer Art' (referring to the shape and style of the powder),
Shell casings are laquered steel (St+) and also made by the same company.
Bullets (Gesch. short for 'Geschoss') also made by the same company.
Primers (Zdh., short for Zundhutchen), made by Selve-Kronbiegel-Dornheim AG in Soemmerda, Germany in 1942.
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