P08 East German

tharpo · 09-10-2020, 04:00 PM

Someone I know owns a K Date with these markings. Is that Berlin Soviet Sector? What is the XIX?
Thanks

P264 · 09-12-2020, 09:23 PM

Tom,

Check out post #5 in this P38 forum link: http://p38forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14732

The post says in part:

"The front grip strap marking makes it easy to identify the gun as one of the Berlin Police Force during the occupation era between 1945 and 1949. It served in the Soviet sector in the inspectorate of Friedrichshain. The mark reads as "S" for Soviet sector, "V" is not a letter, but a roman number "5", followed last by the early Berlin Police ownership-stamp. Berlin had 20 municipality-districts which were equal in size to the police-inspectorates and were numbered with the roman numbers from "I" to "XX".

Below is a photo the S V marking that is referred to in the quoted statement.

Marc

Edward Tinker · 09-12-2020, 10:30 PM

yeah, what Marc said

09-10-2020, 04:00 PM	#1
tharpo Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 536 Thanks: 116 Thanked 375 Times in 153 Posts	P08 East German Someone I know owns a K Date with these markings. Is that Berlin Soviet Sector? What is the XIX? Thanks Attached Thumbnails

09-12-2020, 09:23 PM	#2
P264 New User Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 2 Posts	Tom, Check out post #5 in this P38 forum link: http://p38forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14732 The post says in part: "The front grip strap marking makes it easy to identify the gun as one of the Berlin Police Force during the occupation era between 1945 and 1949. It served in the Soviet sector in the inspectorate of Friedrichshain. The mark reads as "S" for Soviet sector, "V" is not a letter, but a roman number "5", followed last by the early Berlin Police ownership-stamp. Berlin had 20 municipality-districts which were equal in size to the police-inspectorates and were numbered with the roman numbers from "I" to "XX". Below is a photo the S V marking that is referred to in the quoted statement. Marc Attached Images

09-12-2020, 10:30 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	yeah, what Marc said __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV