1938 Erfurt?

[Military Engineer]

Originally Posted by Karl

I see a stamp adjacent to the canon serial number and on the frame below the takedown lever - looks like four touching circles forming a square. Are the grips "black widow" grips or are they VOPO grips? Could the stamp be an East German mark? Looks like the Erfurt toggle link has the serial number X'ed out. Could this be a VOPO Luger?

KFS

Originally Posted by Vlim

It's a Vopo, but the grips are not the typical East-German ones.

The side plate is East German new manufacture.
Check if the barrel is crown/N proofed at the bottom.

I never even checked to see if it was a VOPO. As far as the grips go, I'm not certain which grips they are. I'm going to check.

I texted back and forth a bit with him today...he said he has not one but two matching magazines. Serialed and they are a matched set. We'll see. They're period correct, with aluminum bases and he indicated they are stamped the same way.

I'm curious about how one knows that the side plate is new, East German manufacture?

I also noticed the little dots forming a square on the frame and upper receiver. I didn't see anything about that in my manual, so does anyone have any idea on that?