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S.W.II.245. indicates the holster contained P08 # 245 of the Schutzpolizei command in the city of Wiesbaden in the Prussian administrative district. The number 4248 is the serial number of the P08 it contained. This was added after the use of police unit markings was terminated in 1937.
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