Cincylance,
* Nice looking P.08. Congradulations.
* The holster's "42" certainly plays to your byf 42; but, is certainly no guarantee of authenticity.
* I can not find a reference for a holster maker with the code "dld". Does a Waffen acceptance mark appear on the holster? What is the WaA # ?? I suspect a different code maker and the WaA# might confirm my thinking.
* Lots of smooth black PT.08's around. Some are 1942 vintage. Some are 2002 vintage. Have any pictures?? Have you tried the "smell" test yet?? If the inside smells like musty old cow leather, you're on the right track. If it smells like an India Buffalo hide or new tanning solution....oh, well!!
* Does the back of the holster show a "P.08" marking? Where is its location if it appears?
* BTW...what is the S/N and letter block of your byf 42?? Most were shipped with a fxo (Haenel)maker's marked mag with two sE/37 waffen acceptances...all located on the side of the mag body. Many byf 42's had a black plastic base plug with a P.08 stamped on the mag body adjacent to the base plug. The mag pictured above appears to be either a "122" code or a "fxo" code marked example. Maybe...just maybe...a real early byf 42 would have an unnumbered, extruded, center pinned, aluminum based fxo mag.
* If the mag is P.08 marked, does the straight leg of the letter "P" point to the edge of the mag or toward the base plug or mag long axis centerline??
Thanks,
Bob
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