When did WW2 magazine numbering cease?

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Originally Posted by byf45

Thank you, gents -- that's the letter!: a 'Z"
So a Type 5 or 6 un-numbered magazine would be correct for this pistol? The Type 5 is an aluminum base? Is an FXO-marked base proper at all?
I'm researching this as my dad brought it back from Cherbourg but it was in a WW1 holster and has a wood base magazine.
John//

John,

fxo was the manufacturer's code for Haenel and is on the body of the magazine. The base would be black plastic and would not be marked. There would also be an Eagle 37 on the body of the magazine.

Short answer: A fxo magazine with black plastic base is a possibility of being the type of magazine shipped with a z-block and would be considered correct.

For example, I have a late 41 byf, SN 735b, one of the last of the 1941s. It has a FXO magazine, blued body Eagle 37 proof and black plastic base.

John