Strange Frame Cut Found
First off sorry about the poor quality pictures, I took them about 4 years ago with cellphone.
I was reviewing some photos I took of a matching numbers 1914 Erfurt SN: 1880 brought back by a family member of mine after WWII and I noticed a strange cut above the left grip panel. This gun was hidden in a bedroom by the man who captured it. He passed away sometime the 80's and the gun was lost. His wife was selling the hose in 2012 and the gun was found. When I examined the weapon I was extremely shocked to find it had an almost full mag with rounds that were manufactured in Germany in 1943.
Does anyone know what the cut above the grip panel is for? I have admittedly very little knowledge in the subject but I have never seen anything like this on a P08. Do you think the slot could be original? I am sure the gun was never reworked or refinished after the war but it may have been sometime between WWI and WWII. Again it is an all matching numbers gun.
Thanks for you help!
-Miles
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