Help with value.

[lemmonhead]

Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.

[Bill_in_VA]

Originally Posted by lemmonhead

Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.

It has the Mauser banner on the toggle, hence the name. The eagle/L is a polce-only acceptance marking; likewise the sear safety is a police-only modification/addition. And of course, as tomaustin noted, Ed Tinker - one of the respondents to your question - is an expert on police Lugers and an author of a book dealing specifically with police Lugers. The gun has been identified correctly.