help with acceptance stamp

toadboy65 · 09-12-2009, 10:53 PM

Please help me identify this stamp on the side of my 916 DWM p08. In the middle of the eagle is an "L". Thanks.

Lugerdoc · 09-13-2009, 12:30 PM

TB, Although not noted in Castanzo's "WOL Proofmarks", this is obviously a Luftwaffe acceptance marking from a facility other than the main Kreighoff assembly plant. I've owned a couple of WW1 & undated PO8s with this eagle over 9 pr 0, that I would call reworks by a Luftwaffe depot. TH

klaus 3338 · 09-13-2009, 04:38 PM

Here is another one which I found on a P08 holster.

toadboy65 · 09-14-2009, 12:29 AM

is the holster available? toadboy65

Lugerdoc · 09-14-2009, 08:56 AM

Klaus, You'll note that the shape the eagle and the "9" is quite different between these two markings. I've never seen a LW accepted holster with other than an E/2 marking. I'd be surprised if that one is "real" unless the depots were also reworking holsters, which I doubt. TH

klaus 3338 · 09-14-2009, 11:36 AM

Tom, I also never have seen before a stamp like this one on a holster.
There was some grease on the stamp. I took some new closeup photos of the stamp and some of the commercial holster.
The holster was not so expensive and I´m not sure if other people mentioned the stamp before. A bought it as a commercial and holsters like this are hard to find in Germany. I think it was the forth I saw here in Germany during the last 25 years.
Best regards Klaus

toadboy65 · 09-15-2009, 12:27 AM

I had figured luftwaffe, but not when or where. I really don't know enough about this pistol, or what it is worth. It has ivory instead of the original grips, with NSFK insignia inlayed. The gun is very clean, no pitting at all. I am sure it has been reblued, but professionally. This is my first p08 after collecting PPKs and sniper rifles for a while. I just want to know what I have. Dirk W

Lugerdoc · 09-16-2009, 05:29 PM

Klaus, Interesting holster. Hard to reach any firm conslusion without seeing it in person. When I was last in Germany, I decided to see what I could find at the weekly Sunday flea market in Frankfort along the Main river; the only WaAed items that I saw, were some postwar Police PP hoster with phony WaAs and large PP on the back (P38 style). These were being hawked by an American. It also appears that all of the "lost luggage" in Germany was being sold by the Gypsies @2DM per item of clothing. TH

suum cuique · 09-16-2009, 11:54 PM

Very nice holster.
Did all Lugers of the Luftwaffe got this "L"-acceptence stamp?
How about the Lugers of the Waffen-SS, did they have a different acceptence stamps, too? Or did they have the regular WaA stamp?

09-12-2009, 10:53 PM	#1
toadboy65 New User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	help with acceptance stamp Please help me identify this stamp on the side of my 916 DWM p08. In the middle of the eagle is an "L". Thanks. Attached Images

09-13-2009, 12:30 PM	#2
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	TB, Although not noted in Castanzo's "WOL Proofmarks", this is obviously a Luftwaffe acceptance marking from a facility other than the main Kreighoff assembly plant. I've owned a couple of WW1 & undated PO8s with this eagle over 9 pr 0, that I would call reworks by a Luftwaffe depot. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

09-13-2009, 04:38 PM	#3
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 417 Times in 162 Posts	Here is another one which I found on a P08 holster. Attached Thumbnails

09-14-2009, 12:29 AM	#4
toadboy65 New User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	matching holster is the holster available? toadboy65

09-14-2009, 08:56 AM	#5
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Klaus, You'll note that the shape the eagle and the "9" is quite different between these two markings. I've never seen a LW accepted holster with other than an E/2 marking. I'd be surprised if that one is "real" unless the depots were also reworking holsters, which I doubt. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

09-14-2009, 11:36 AM	#6
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 417 Times in 162 Posts	Tom, I also never have seen before a stamp like this one on a holster. There was some grease on the stamp. I took some new closeup photos of the stamp and some of the commercial holster. The holster was not so expensive and I´m not sure if other people mentioned the stamp before. A bought it as a commercial and holsters like this are hard to find in Germany. I think it was the forth I saw here in Germany during the last 25 years. Best regards Klaus Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

09-15-2009, 12:27 AM	#7
toadboy65 New User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had figured luftwaffe, but not when or where. I really don't know enough about this pistol, or what it is worth. It has ivory instead of the original grips, with NSFK insignia inlayed. The gun is very clean, no pitting at all. I am sure it has been reblued, but professionally. This is my first p08 after collecting PPKs and sniper rifles for a while. I just want to know what I have. Dirk W

09-16-2009, 05:29 PM	#8
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Klaus, Interesting holster. Hard to reach any firm conslusion without seeing it in person. When I was last in Germany, I decided to see what I could find at the weekly Sunday flea market in Frankfort along the Main river; the only WaAed items that I saw, were some postwar Police PP hoster with phony WaAs and large PP on the back (P38 style). These were being hawked by an American. It also appears that all of the "lost luggage" in Germany was being sold by the Gypsies @2DM per item of clothing. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

09-16-2009, 11:54 PM	#9
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 108 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Acceptence stamp Very nice holster. Did all Lugers of the Luftwaffe got this "L"-acceptence stamp? How about the Lugers of the Waffen-SS, did they have a different acceptence stamps, too? Or did they have the regular WaA stamp? __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz) Last edited by suum cuique; 09-16-2009 at 11:55 PM. Reason: misstype