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Unread 05-10-2012, 11:42 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by CJS57 View Post
How and when did this Luger come to be a Police gun?
There's no way to be certain. The quality of workmanship associated with the sear safety modification is entirely consitent with the way these modifications were made. The apparent lack of a 1920 government property stamp, the lack of a police unit marking and the fact that it never had a magazine safety suggest that it was placed in police service in the mid- to late-1930s and issued to the Gemeindepolizei.
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