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Unread 05-03-2005, 07:28 PM   #14
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Zach,
Assuming the suffix is a "t", your Luger was manufactured by Berlin Karlsruher Industrie- Werke AG, the successor of Deutsche Waffen- und Fabriken AG in 1929. It was part of an order of about 9,000 P.08s for the Landj�¤gerei, the rural constabulary in Prussia. This was a major rearming of this police force which, formerly, had been armed largely with 7.65-mm Mauser M1914 pocket pistols.

It sounds as if the P38 holster was modified in the police style (up strap), so it is possible this rig was captured from a police officer, rather than a member of the Wehrmacht.
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