I have four mags that may be of interest to others. I would trade any one of them for a mag marked 5555p, straight eagle 63, for my 1939 s/42.
Pictures are included, below. All of the blued/aluminum base mags are straight eagle 63 (this mark is more difficult to discern in the pictures); the nickel/wood base has no markings and was part of a "package deal" for a 1939 holster and a straight eagle 63 tool.
Any info that the more learned on the board (i.e, damn near everyone, I suspect) can provide to me regarding the nickel/wood mag would be greatly appreciated. From what I've gathered, I suspect it is an early commercial mag, but really don't have a good idea as to value. All mags have strong springs, seat properly in my s/42, and appear to be in good, used condition with no defects. In other words, it looks like they've all been loaded, inserted, racked, shot and removed in the normal course of life without any adverse incident - they are not pristine virgins, but veterans that are still ready for action.
To summarize what you'll see in the pictures (top to bottom in description = left to right in group shots):
* Nickel/wood, no serial #, acceptance stamp or other markings
* Blued/aluminum, 8551v +, straight eagle 63
* Blued/aluminum, 5360s +, straight eagle 63
* Blued/aluminum, 3840r, straight eagle 63 (note - I'm not 100% on the suffix; I first thought it was a "p", but looks closer to the "r" in the exemplars provided elsewhere)
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