[Sergio Natali]

... the 5000 pistols bought in 1910 were called " Pistolas Luger.Parabellum do Exércite Portugues Mo. 909"
The year after the Portuguese Navy ordered another 1000 Lugers cal 9 Parabellum wih a cm 10 long barrel.

In the October 1910 the king was exiliated, but only 800 of the so called "Pistola Luger-Parabellum da Marinha Portuguesa Mo910" had been delivered.
Since the contract had already been fully paid by the Portuguese, the remaining 200 were delivered sometime later but DWM ha to modify the mark on the chamber with an anchor with RP (Republica Portuguesa) and the goverment property stamps subsituted with the monogram "MP" (Marinha Portuguesa)

Some years later in 1935 Portugal ordered about 600 Luger pistols to MAUSER cal 7,65 for their Guardia Nacional Republicana. I've said "about" since different sources of information seem to give different figures. Anyway the name of these pistols was "Pistola Luger-Parabellum da GNR Mo. 935"
From September 1935 until October 1941 Portugal placed other orders to MAUSER. Probably the Portuguese Army wanted to substiute their old Savage and Nagant guns with the more modern P.08.
In the course of 1942 MAUSER delivered to Portugal some of the Lugers that the Heereswaffenamt had not used any more since the new "star" of those times was the new WALTHER "Heeres Pistole P.38"
To close this post these last 5000 Lugers were marked "byf" "42" Waffenamt "WaA135", some other (715 of them) had the "Mauser banner"

Sergio