Leon
You can purchase any luger book and find additional information on your new pistol.
Serial number 836a is near the end of the 1934 - K - date production. December of
1934 or January of 1935 might be a really good guess. This serial number range
is the transition area to the G-S/42. The Luger will have B-90 S-91 acceptance marks on the right receiver and a type 1 test proof. There will be no Navy marks because the
Luger is way out of the normal Reichsmarine serial number range. The magazine you describle is probably also marked with a "fxo" and P 08 mark and would have a concave pinned aluminum base and extruded type blue body construction. If the P 08 mark is upside down
it's the early "fxo" magazine used in mid-1941. Later "fxo" magazines had a rightside up P 08 mark. If the magazine is the same design but has a 122 code than it would be common to a 1940-42, 41-42 and early 41-byf. If you find the correct magazine, it will have a rolled/crimped nickel body with a solid aluminum base. On the base will be the serial number, the suffix letter - a - also a "+" if, it's the second magazine. The aluminum base will have a B-90 nspector/acceptance mark. Good Luck.
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