Help with value.

tomaustin · 11-19-2017, 06:14 PM

not intending to be a smart...."because Ed wrote the book.."note his authorship in his header...he has infinite details on this subject....Tom

gunbugs · 11-19-2017, 06:28 PM

To give a straightforward answer, The Mauser banner on the toggle in conjunction with the 1939 date, plus the sear safety, (the little flat spring over the top of the sideplate), plus the "Eagle L" proof on the right of the receiver. All that together makes it a police issue gun. I would note that the magazine appears incorrect for that particular gun, at first glance.

lemmonhead · 11-19-2017, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gunbugs

To give a straightforward answer, The Mauser banner on the toggle in conjunction with the 1939 date, plus the sear safety, (the little flat spring over the top of the sideplate), plus the "Eagle L" proof on the right of the receiver. All that together makes it a police issue gun. I would note that the magazine appears incorrect for that particular gun, at first glance.

Thanks again. What would the correct magazine look like? I think he has a couple other Lugers so it may have been swapped out or he may have extras. I will look when I see him again.
Are the the magazines numbered to the pistol?

lemmonhead · 11-19-2017, 06:34 PM

Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.

Bill_in_VA · 11-19-2017, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lemmonhead

Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.

It has the Mauser banner on the toggle, hence the name. The eagle/L is a polce-only acceptance marking; likewise the sear safety is a police-only modification/addition. And of course, as tomaustin noted, Ed Tinker - one of the respondents to your question - is an expert on police Lugers and an author of a book dealing specifically with police Lugers.

The gun has been identified correctly.

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	To give a straightforward answer, The Mauser banner on the toggle in conjunction with the 1939 date, plus the sear safety, (the little flat spring over the top of the sideplate), plus the "Eagle L" proof on the right of the receiver. All that together makes it a police issue gun. I would note that the magazine appears incorrect for that particular gun, at first glance.

11-19-2017, 06:34 PM	#4
lemmonhead User Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 13 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Certainly not questioning anyone’s knowledge or opinion. We were looking in a gun value book, my friend had, and it listed a number of possibilities that this pistol could have fallen under, as made by Mauser. I am just trying to educate my self on how it is dertetmined to be a banner police, ie finish, markings, date.