Interesting find with recent purchase

jblomenberg16 · 12-17-2007, 08:21 PM

I just purchased a Luger for my dad. I had another post in this forum with some pics and info on it.

I was going through the other items that came with the gun. The holster is not original from what I can tell and from what others on this forum said. Not sure exactly what it is, but here's a picture. Any good tips to where I might be able to get an original? Might make for a good Father's Day or Christmas gift next year.

I dug further through the box, and found several miscellaneous rounds of ammunition, including some 9mm, .45ACP, .22mag, and a few others.

There was some old gun and reel cloth, as well as the zip-loc bags the cloths came in. I unzipped one that appeard to have something in it.

To my amazement, it was the U.S. Army Captured Weapons release paper!!! My heart starts pounding, since the guy I bought it off of told me it was a "bring back" from WWII; one that his father-in-law brought back.

I read on, and see it is dated October 18, 1945. It reads on about the type and s/n of the gun, which is where I became puzzled. The info doesn't match this gun!!!

The gun I have is a 42 byf. The papers are for a 1937 Luger, with an entirely different s/n. I thought that maybe if the numbers were the same, then perhaps they confused the model year (yeah, I know that "42" is right on top).

So, any thoughts as to what might be going on? I wonder if he and another G.I. got their items switched on the boat ride back to the U.S.? The correct name is on the papers, so it verifies the part about him bringing a P08 back with him.

So, I'm stumped for now.

12-17-2007, 08:21 PM	#1
jblomenberg16 User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Interesting find with recent purchase I just purchased a Luger for my dad. I had another post in this forum with some pics and info on it. I was going through the other items that came with the gun. The holster is not original from what I can tell and from what others on this forum said. Not sure exactly what it is, but here's a picture. Any good tips to where I might be able to get an original? Might make for a good Father's Day or Christmas gift next year. I dug further through the box, and found several miscellaneous rounds of ammunition, including some 9mm, .45ACP, .22mag, and a few others. There was some old gun and reel cloth, as well as the zip-loc bags the cloths came in. I unzipped one that appeard to have something in it. To my amazement, it was the U.S. Army Captured Weapons release paper!!! My heart starts pounding, since the guy I bought it off of told me it was a "bring back" from WWII; one that his father-in-law brought back. I read on, and see it is dated October 18, 1945. It reads on about the type and s/n of the gun, which is where I became puzzled. The info doesn't match this gun!!! The gun I have is a 42 byf. The papers are for a 1937 Luger, with an entirely different s/n. I thought that maybe if the numbers were the same, then perhaps they confused the model year (yeah, I know that "42" is right on top). So, any thoughts as to what might be going on? I wonder if he and another G.I. got their items switched on the boat ride back to the U.S.? The correct name is on the papers, so it verifies the part about him bringing a P08 back with him. So, I'm stumped for now.