question on P08 mag

th · 08-17-2002, 03:41 PM

I know this is not a german mag for my luger I bought this mag years ago($10) so i could use it when i shot my luger and not messed up the black plastic FXO mag It(mag) look brand new on the side it has 2/1001 then on the botton of the mag is

1

2379

What did this P08 mag go to I know it function fine in my gun

Garfield · 08-17-2002, 04:56 PM

Your magazine is of post-WWII East German manufacture. After the war the Haenel plant was taken over by the Russians and renamed the "Veb Ernst Thalmann Werk". This type of mag was made there until the late 50s. One source says that the 2/1001 stamping represents: 1001 = police, 2 = contract with the Kasernieten Polizei, which later evolved into the Volspolitzei, or Vopo. It is a quality magazine and which, no doubt, will acquire some collector value as time progresses.

The numbers on the bottom, assuming the E Germans followed the WWII practice, would indicate: 1= #1 mag, 2379 = serial # of the pistol it was issued to.

th · 08-17-2002, 07:01 PM

Garfield thanks I never thought when i paid $10 for the mag it would ever have any collector value but the quality of the mag seems better than my FXO mag

Marvin · 08-18-2002, 07:10 AM

th,

The East German magazines that I have seen and used are very good. They seem to always work, and are tough. I guess they will have collectro value since they came from E. Germany.

You did very well buying these for $10 even years ago,

Marvin

08-17-2002, 03:41 PM	#1
th User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	question on P08 mag I know this is not a german mag for my luger I bought this mag years ago($10) so i could use it when i shot my luger and not messed up the black plastic FXO mag It(mag) look brand new on the side it has 2/1001 then on the botton of the mag is 1 2379 What did this P08 mag go to I know it function fine in my gun

08-17-2002, 04:56 PM	#2
Garfield User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A little SE of Nome Posts: 239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Your magazine is of post-WWII East German manufacture. After the war the Haenel plant was taken over by the Russians and renamed the "Veb Ernst Thalmann Werk". This type of mag was made there until the late 50s. One source says that the 2/1001 stamping represents: 1001 = police, 2 = contract with the Kasernieten Polizei, which later evolved into the Volspolitzei, or Vopo. It is a quality magazine and which, no doubt, will acquire some collector value as time progresses. The numbers on the bottom, assuming the E Germans followed the WWII practice, would indicate: 1= #1 mag, 2379 = serial # of the pistol it was issued to.

08-17-2002, 07:01 PM	#3
th User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Garfield thanks I never thought when i paid $10 for the mag it would ever have any collector value but the quality of the mag seems better than my FXO mag

08-18-2002, 07:10 AM	#4
Marvin User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Upstate S.C. Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	th, The East German magazines that I have seen and used are very good. They seem to always work, and are tough. I guess they will have collectro value since they came from E. Germany. You did very well buying these for $10 even years ago, Marvin