1940 Mauser, What else can you tell me?

[jswilli1]

This gun has been in my family since my Grandfather brought it back in WWII. I inherited it about 4yrs ago after my father passed away. It has not been fired for at least 40yrs since everyone thought the firing pin was broken. I took the Luger to a gun show recently as I found someone familiar with lugers and had the fluted firing pin the pistol needed. He examined the gun and the firing pin is indeed intact and original along with all the other parts. The part that fell out some 40yrs ago was the "L" shaped retaining pin that goes on the lever to remove the plate for removal of the slide. The grips as I have found from this Forum are "Sweet Heart" grips, but the story I was told was my grandfather had made them out of aircraft windshield while he was overseas. I have nothing to compare them too so maybe someone here can validate this? I was told by the gentleman at the gun show that this was a police issue Luger by the marking and he said it was a rather rare pistol? The only item that I don't have with this pistol are the original grips, but I honestly think the sweet heart grips make this pistol unique since there is a picture of my grandmother on one side and a picture of my grandfathers sister on the other. The running joke for years was the other woman was his girlfriend while overseas! I mentioned this pistol has not been fired in 40yrs, after finding that the firing pin was indeed intact I took it out a few weeks and put a few rounds through it. I have fired several pistols and calibers over the years, but the Luger was so smooth and dead on accurate. Here are some pictures of the markings and items I have with the Luger.