Please help identify and estimate value.(DWM)

RockinWR · 04-13-2007, 12:06 AM

Hi Ben,
* Welcome to the Forum.
* I think your P.08, S/N 1039v, was assembled by Mauser out of components they received from DWM when the two plants were consolidated in Oberndorf in the early 1930's. The pistol was produced for a commercial contract. I'll let the more well versed expand on this period of production.
* Your pistol bears a sear safety. This is the small riveted flat spring sitting on top of the side plate on the L/H side of the pistol. This typically indicates issue to and use by the German police. The Police were considered a commercial end user although, during WWII, their assignments could border on quasi-Military (Austria-1938, Sudentenland-1939, etc).
* Your Army style holster was coded "eue" for the Manufacturer, Otto Reichel Lederwarenfabrik from the towns Lengefeld/Erzgebirge in the latter half of 1940. It would post date the pistol's date of manufacture by at least 4 years.
* Trust this helps get the ball rolling.
Respectfully,
Bob

04-13-2007, 12:06 AM	#2
RockinWR User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: D/FW, Tx Posts: 279 Thanks: 109 Thanked 31 Times in 16 Posts	Hi Ben, * Welcome to the Forum. * I think your P.08, S/N 1039v, was assembled by Mauser out of components they received from DWM when the two plants were consolidated in Oberndorf in the early 1930's. The pistol was produced for a commercial contract. I'll let the more well versed expand on this period of production. * Your pistol bears a sear safety. This is the small riveted flat spring sitting on top of the side plate on the L/H side of the pistol. This typically indicates issue to and use by the German police. The Police were considered a commercial end user although, during WWII, their assignments could border on quasi-Military (Austria-1938, Sudentenland-1939, etc). * Your Army style holster was coded "eue" for the Manufacturer, Otto Reichel Lederwarenfabrik from the towns Lengefeld/Erzgebirge in the latter half of 1940. It would post date the pistol's date of manufacture by at least 4 years. * Trust this helps get the ball rolling. Respectfully, Bob