comparing two Police Lugers !!

[Don M]

Howard and Ken,

Thanks very much for the info. These will be nice adds to my database. I am looking forward to researching these marks in the near future. For what it's worth, I believe Klaus Schad has identified these as being Schutzpolizei Bautzen marks from the state (not Prussian Province) of Sachsen. I agree with the Bautzen interpretation but wonder if the S might stand for S�¤chsische- instead of Schutz-. This is just a curiosity at this point and I would recommend going by Klaus' interpretation unless/until different evidence is presented.

At any rate, the Bautzen governmental district (Kreishauptmannschaft) was merged into the Dresden district in 1932 and I suspect that was when these pistols were renumbered.

I am curious whether there is any evidence on your grip straps of an earlier mark being ground off.