Enherited Luger, what do I have?

[NISMOMIKE]

Wow, thank you for all the great information! It's really interesting to find out or imagine what all this pistol did. Is their any identifying markings that would tell me which rank carried it? And no the magazine is not numbers matching unfortunately.

[guns3545]

Originally Posted by NISMOMIKE

Wow, thank you for all the great information! It's really interesting to find out or imagine what all this pistol did. Is their any identifying markings that would tell me which rank carried it? And no the magazine is not numbers matching unfortunately.

Mike,

P.08s, issued by the military did not carry any marks that identified the person to whom it was assigned.

Normally, P.08s were carried by Non-commissioned officers, i.e. Corporals, Sergeants, etc. and by company grade officers, i.e. Lieutenants and Captains. Also, personnel of certain crew served weapons also carried P.08s.

Most higher ranked officers carried smaller pistols, like the Walther PP, the Mauser Model 1934, Sauer 38H, and several others, mainly in 7.65 mm caliber.

Thus stories you may hear that a P.08 was taken from some General are probably exaggerated.

Best,

John