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sixgun1 · 03-30-2015, 12:41 PM

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alanint · 03-30-2015, 01:30 PM

Converted Artillery holster?

roadkill1 · 03-30-2015, 02:11 PM

Sixgun1 (Meldon):

Based upon “German Small Arms Markings” by Görtz and Bryans, pp. 92-93, your “S.W.II.245 marking translates to weapon no. 245, command II in the Wiesbaden Municipal Police District.

Don’t know what the “4248” number equates to but perhaps one of our other collectors who may have an opinion??

In terms of your holster itself, Alanint may be correct….full pictures of the front and back of the holster would confirm if it was originally an artillery holster then modified to its present configuration.

Ron

Don M · 03-30-2015, 04:34 PM

S.W.II.245. indicates the holster contained P08 # 245 of the Schutzpolizei command in the city of Wiesbaden in the Prussian administrative district. The number 4248 is the serial number of the P08 it contained. This was added after the use of police unit markings was terminated in 1937.

sixgun1 · 03-30-2015, 10:01 PM

Thank you one and all for your time, knowledge, and input.

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Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	S.W.II.245. indicates the holster contained P08 # 245 of the Schutzpolizei command in the city of Wiesbaden in the Prussian administrative district. The number 4248 is the serial number of the P08 it contained. This was added after the use of police unit markings was terminated in 1937. __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

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roadkill1 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 127 Thanks: 166 Thanked 129 Times in 63 Posts	Sixgun1 (Meldon): Based upon “German Small Arms Markings” by Görtz and Bryans, pp. 92-93, your “S.W.II.245 marking translates to weapon no. 245, command II in the Wiesbaden Municipal Police District. Don’t know what the “4248” number equates to but perhaps one of our other collectors who may have an opinion?? In terms of your holster itself, Alanint may be correct….full pictures of the front and back of the holster would confirm if it was originally an artillery holster then modified to its present configuration. Ron

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