Question about VoPo Luger proof

Vlim · 01-26-2013, 11:44 AM

There are early post-WW2 marking instructions that can explain the presence of large markings like these. The allies agreed to avoid rearming German police officials with captured German equipment, but if there was a need to reuse German equipment it had to be clearly marked as being issued with allied consent.

So this is probably a pistol that was reissued early after WW2, after which it went through the DDR refurbishing program almost a decade later.

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01-26-2013, 11:44 AM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	There are early post-WW2 marking instructions that can explain the presence of large markings like these. The allies agreed to avoid rearming German police officials with captured German equipment, but if there was a need to reuse German equipment it had to be clearly marked as being issued with allied consent. So this is probably a pistol that was reissued early after WW2, after which it went through the DDR refurbishing program almost a decade later.