Guys,
This may be a sensitive topic since common belief from older books and collectors was that Lugers and P.38's were made in 9999 blocks with a letter added for the next 9999.
However emperical evidence has shown up over the last 10 years with the availability of information and photos posted on websites like this that the guns were made in 10000 blocks, when the stamping machine turned over to 0000 a 1 was stamped to make the serial number 10000.
For a large factory making guns in 10000 blocks was easier to keep on a ledger for inventory purposes.
So presented here is Spreewerk P.38 guns serial number 1h and 10000h the begining and end of the block. Much harder to collect than consecutive numbered guns. In my opinion it is the only set in existance
The P.38 community has accepted the fact the guns were made in 10000 gun lots, several 10000 serial number pistols and mags have been reported over the last few years from Walther, Mauser and Spreewerk.
An AC41 mag has been shown so we know Walther was making these guns in 10000 lots as early as 1941.
Enjoy the Spreewerk gun serial 1h and 10000h, the 1h gun is a Russian capture I got from FGS in 2000 but how many guns serial number 1 have you ever seen or 10000?
Also notice the additional "h" on serial number 1h was stamped in the exact location of 10000h and restamped in the correct location for 1h. Must have been a "rookie" worker after the serial numbers went from 10000g to the "h" block and then restamped ... not "bounce" struck!
Several Lugers have also show up with serial number 10000 and number 1.
Mark