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Unread 11-19-2017, 06:53 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by lemmonhead View Post
Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.
It has the Mauser banner on the toggle, hence the name. The eagle/L is a polce-only acceptance marking; likewise the sear safety is a police-only modification/addition. And of course, as tomaustin noted, Ed Tinker - one of the respondents to your question - is an expert on police Lugers and an author of a book dealing specifically with police Lugers. The gun has been identified correctly.
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