Unit identification

Gentlemen: The 1922 and 1932 Prussian Dienstvorschrift for police property markings that was listed in Jan Still's earlier works on the Weimar Luger as well as 'Achim Gortz's work, is very specific regarding the sequence of letters and numbers. The marking on the Luger under discussion is not Prussian, but rather Saxon as was initially thought. These markings have been dicussed over the years in the issues of AutoMag. There are no known examples of Saxon police property marking manuals. Rather, the concensus of European and US collectors is that the "S.L.Pol." marking indicates the Saschisches Land Polizei (sic). The additional marking found underneath of S.P./C. can be more conclusively identified with Saxon police as identical markings are found on short swords positively identified as Saxon police as well as on Dreyse M1907 pistols which were also an accepted sidearm of the Saxon police. The S.P. is thought to be Staatliche Polizei or Saschische Polizei, while the C. indicates the city of Chemnitz. Excuse my spelling of Saxony, but it always gives me fits.