Pistol, have you ever heard of the Landau list? In 1914 all P08 should get the hold open and a new front size. All Prussian P08 got both, most of the P08 of the kingdom of Württemberg but none of the Bavarian Army. At that time the Great War started. I can´t say what happened with the P08 of Saxony.
The Bavarian Artillery depots had to enumerate all the P08 and send the list to the royal Bavarian Feldzeugmeisterei. (By the way: is there anyone who could translate if I would write in German? Often I´m missing the right words and so I do not write all that what I would write if I would write in German- terrible English- I know.) One of these lists is the (Bavarian) Landau list. The members of Stills forum will remember that I found five Lugers with the regiment marks on the list. On this list are enumerated some more than 2500 Lugers. AND NOW- there are many commercial Lugers listed which belonged to the officers of the Bavarian regiments of the Landau Artillery depot.
The number of your gun is 58739- listed there are in the Landau list for example following numbers which are very close to your pistol: 58735 (only 4 numbers of your gun); 58763, 58806, 58810, 58813, 58828 and 58851 (and there are many more).
I also picked up and observed here in Germany that it was the practice that the officers, who must pay for their own P08 with their own money, got Luger of the commercial production. It was the absolute exception if they got an Imperial accepted Luger.
Without any question was your Luger bought by a Bavarian officer.
I hope that you appreciate this information.
Best regards Klaus
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