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Joe · 01-01-2002, 04:39 PM

Dick

I also checked Gortz's book; German Small Arms Markings and the letters on your Luger, S.L.Po1.2628 should stand for the municicipal [S. Schutzpolizei] police at Luneburg [L.], police command #1 and weapon number 2628. There should have been a . between Po and 1, but the police armorer might have been distracted or had a bad day and missed it. I am sure the German cops understood what the meaning was, even without the period.

As mentioned above, Luger and weapon unit marks are not a defined science and often the armorer took license as to how closely he followed the regulations. This was true in both the military and the police marks.

As far as the other letters; S.P./C., the C was answered by a previous contributor. The letter P indicates the city of Potsdam. If these three letters are from seperate cities then you Luger has a lot of police mileage [history] on it.

01-01-2002, 04:39 PM	#3
Joe User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 96 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Unit identification Dick I also checked Gortz's book; German Small Arms Markings and the letters on your Luger, S.L.Po1.2628 should stand for the municicipal [S. Schutzpolizei] police at Luneburg [L.], police command #1 and weapon number 2628. There should have been a . between Po and 1, but the police armorer might have been distracted or had a bad day and missed it. I am sure the German cops understood what the meaning was, even without the period. As mentioned above, Luger and weapon unit marks are not a defined science and often the armorer took license as to how closely he followed the regulations. This was true in both the military and the police marks. As far as the other letters; S.P./C., the C was answered by a previous contributor. The letter P indicates the city of Potsdam. If these three letters are from seperate cities then you Luger has a lot of police mileage [history] on it.