41 Dated Code 42

[Lyn Islaub]

I picked up this rig from the veterans family at a militaria show a couple of weeks ago. It supposedly had been in a drawer since 1945. I had to soak it in Hoppe's #9 for a few hours to get it apart and to get rid of all the varnish, so I suspect it had been sitting for a very long time. Turns out it's an all matching (including the magazine) 90% pistol with a great bore. The wear seems associated with sitting in the holster for years.The holster is a 1916 with an FXO E37 magazine and an E63 tool. Don't know if they were matched up during or after the war. The soldier was in the 397F/A as part of the 104th Division and was in combat for over 150 consecutive days. Not many of these 41 dated Code 42Lugers survived and even fewer with a matching magazine.
My pictures aren't great, but we keep working on them.
Lyn