Hi Sandi, just a point of clarification. When you discuss Mauser Military Lugers, the numbering system didn't begin with serial number 1 at the beginning of each year.
For instance in 1936, the first serial number was about 5000f and ended with about 4500p. The 1937 Lugers, then followed with about 4500p, with some overlap with the 1936 production, and continued to about 400b. Then the 1938 production began with somewhere around 1, again overlap with the 1937 production. And so on . . .
From this you can easily see the importance of both the chamber date and the suffix of the serial number, along with the numerical portion. These both have to be in the correct sequence.
Many so called bring back documents, showing proof of ownership, don't have either the chamber date or the serial number suffix. Attempting to claim ownership from these documents is fruitless, in my opinion!
