Re: P-38
Gruss Gott,Kinder!
As this is the Luger Forum,I have been
reluctant to insert too many things which don't purtain directly to the subject at hand,but since the "door has been opened for me",so to speak,I would
appreciate it if one or all of you fine
gents could find it in your heart to
clarify something that has been bothering me since the day I bought a
particular P-38.
The first thing is,it was made by
MANUFACTURE DE MACHINES DU HAUT-RHIN
( MANURHIN).I don't find reference to them ever making P-38s in the Lit. I've
read( just PP's and PPK's under license
from Walther ).It says "Made in France"
and designatates the gun as Pistolet P1.
Much the way some post-war Walthers are.
On the lower rear of the slide near
the serrations is a stamp with two crossed cannons forming an X.Above is a
3 and below it 34.Slightly higher and
forward on the slide is a "Swastika
Eagle"(Hakenkreuzadler) stamp.
Can someone please tell me what I'm
looking at here.All these different
markings on a P-38 just don't seem to fit together in any coherent fashion.
Everybody's been so helpful regarding
my 1936 S42 (of course,that's a Luger!),
that I felt compelled to come begging for information concerning this bag of
tricks.Thanks for any and all info. you
can send my way!
Tschuss! Mark
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