Spreewerke P-38 - Need help identifying stamp

[Olle]

Originally Posted by G.T.

Hi Ollie, It's just a very poor E/88 stamp that is common on Spreewerk P.38's.. Your's looks to be one of the finer fit and finish examples... Most are a lot more crude .. Nice P.38... best to you, til...lat'r...GT

Ok, thanks for the info! Now when I look closer, I can see that this is a butchered "eagle over 88", and must simply be a matter of poor tooling. I didn't even think about that, as all other "eagle over 88" on this gun are very nice and crisp. I guess this also lends more credibility to the "Cyq-Cvq broken stamp" theory, it's apparent that they didn't pay too much attention to details at the end of the war. "Alright guys, the stamp broke so our code is Cvq from now on".

And yeah, it looks pretty good in the pictures, but a lot of that is in the way I shot the pictures... Digital magic can even make a Spreewerke look good.