1940 mauser

orv · 11-20-2003, 08:14 PM

I'm new to luger collecting and have a couple of questions. Mine is in the 4800 range serial number. The reciever is stamped with a "Eagle over L", the leftside of the barrel has a stick Eagle over letters or numbers, and a "X" suffex. Does this make the firearm a commercial model or a military. It came with a holster marked, "Schambach & Co, Berlin, 1940, Eagle over Swastika".

Thor · 11-20-2003, 08:18 PM

Sounds like a police Luger to me! Sear Safety?

Navy · 11-20-2003, 08:48 PM

Eagle L is a polezi proof.
Tom A.

orv · 11-21-2003, 11:02 AM

yes, it has a sear safety. It was taken from a German solder in France in WWII.

Navy · 11-21-2003, 12:14 PM

Hi Orv,

The fact that this piece was captured in France is interesting. Since it is a polezi pistol, one may conclude that it was taken from one of the Orpo reservists who was sent to the front. Technically they were still cops, not soldiers, but they were serving in military controlled areas and conducting military operations against partisans.
Good book on the subject is Chris Browning's Ordinary Men, the story of a group of reserve policemen from Hamburg who wound up getting deeply involved in the sonderkommando operations in the east.

Tom A.

11-20-2003, 08:14 PM	#1
orv New User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1940 mauser I'm new to luger collecting and have a couple of questions. Mine is in the 4800 range serial number. The reciever is stamped with a "Eagle over L", the leftside of the barrel has a stick Eagle over letters or numbers, and a "X" suffex. Does this make the firearm a commercial model or a military. It came with a holster marked, "Schambach & Co, Berlin, 1940, Eagle over Swastika".

11-20-2003, 08:18 PM	#2
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Sounds like a police Luger to me! Sear Safety? __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-20-2003, 08:48 PM	#3
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Eagle L is a polezi proof. Tom A.

11-21-2003, 11:02 AM	#4
orv New User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yes, it has a sear safety. It was taken from a German solder in France in WWII.

11-21-2003, 12:14 PM	#5
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Hi Orv, The fact that this piece was captured in France is interesting. Since it is a polezi pistol, one may conclude that it was taken from one of the Orpo reservists who was sent to the front. Technically they were still cops, not soldiers, but they were serving in military controlled areas and conducting military operations against partisans. Good book on the subject is Chris Browning's Ordinary Men, the story of a group of reserve policemen from Hamburg who wound up getting deeply involved in the sonderkommando operations in the east. Tom A.