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Doubs · 09-13-2020, 12:52 PM

Your Luger was rebuilt in East Germany from parts that came from numerous guns. The barrel was replaced with a new one and the crown/N stamp is a standard EG proof. The barrels were newly made by VEB Earnst Thaelmann in East Germany. Some - not all - have a date stamp such as 953 (Sep, 1953)

The 20 in the sunburst is a unit or district mark. The X may - or may not be - a Russian capture mark. A post-war directive said that German police who were armed after the war would have arms that were distinctly marked and that may be the reason for the X. Who marked them and when may never be known.

Police magazines are normally marked 1 & 2 as you say.

There is a good amount of information about EG Lugers in the book "THE PARABELLUM IS BACK! 1945 ~ 2000" by Bauldino & Vlimmeren.

09-13-2020, 12:52 PM	#3
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,670 Thanks: 769 Thanked 1,611 Times in 525 Posts	Your Luger was rebuilt in East Germany from parts that came from numerous guns. The barrel was replaced with a new one and the crown/N stamp is a standard EG proof. The barrels were newly made by VEB Earnst Thaelmann in East Germany. Some - not all - have a date stamp such as 953 (Sep, 1953) The 20 in the sunburst is a unit or district mark. The X may - or may not be - a Russian capture mark. A post-war directive said that German police who were armed after the war would have arms that were distinctly marked and that may be the reason for the X. Who marked them and when may never be known. Police magazines are normally marked 1 & 2 as you say. There is a good amount of information about EG Lugers in the book "THE PARABELLUM IS BACK! 1945 ~ 2000" by Bauldino & Vlimmeren.