Bob,
* Exceptional find of a very, very nice matching & complete Weimar "29 DWM" Police rig.
* As posted previously, L.E.136 indicates issue to the Landjaegerei(rural constabulary) in the Erfurt district, inventory #136 per (at least) Instruction #40a for the Prussian Police, Berlin, 1932. These instructions were introduced in Feb. 25, 1932 and likely account for the grip strap markings on "t" & "u" examples found.
* Trust you have Jan Still's, Weimar Luger & Early Nazi Lugers. This Vol. V, Pgs. 31-34 and associated pictures, adds documented detail to this variation from the research of Joe Wotka...a noted Police Luger researcher/expert. Essentially, by Prussian documents, Joe/Jan have gleaned "9000 officers & men were rearmed/trained in 1929."
* BKIW produced these weapons during 1929 & early 1930. New holsters were made to support this effort and were made in 1929 as your example amply supports.
* Not uncommon for the Police matching mags to bear the larger S/N numerals. While not commonly seen, the inventory number on the mag was likely a result of an inconsistent interpretation of the 1922 marking instructions which called for the "weapon" number to be present on Police pistols. Some Police armourers interpreted this to mean only the factory's S/N on the mag., some went with the inventory number on the plug too, & some covered the landscape by marking the full unit on the spine of the mag.
* Also of interest is the Dec., 4, 1928 ARMY directive stating when the supply of wood base mags is depleted aluminum base mags would be used thereafter. This likely was followed by the Police as well per Weimar Lugers, Pg. 33.
* Trust this helps your search for info.
Respectfully,
Bob
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