Chisel marks, mine also has them, Initally mine was marked S.L. Pol 3804, State police of Saxony, (Sächsische Landespolizei), formed just after WWI. This marking has been struck-out, chisel marks, in favour of one relating to the Leipzig Schutzpolizei. – (S.P.L.). The Landespolizei, (state police), were superseded by a national Ordnungspolizei in 1936, as part of a Nazi Party programme of centralization. The Schutzpolizei were the branch of the Ordnungspolizei responsible for policing large towns and cities.
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