Luger Mag Question

lanceng156 · 05-24-2009, 04:44 AM

Picked up a 36 dated holster at a show yesterday but to my suprise it still had a mag in it so I quickly snapped it up for Â£45!

Its a Stainless Steel body with an alloy bottom with the marking as follows:

3470
1

Above the numbers theres a symbol which looks like a star above a D on its side, kind of like a lighthouse? Sorry for my description but I've looked around the net and can't find any other examples of this symbol so I thought i'd ask the experts

Cheers
Danny

Lugerdoc · 05-24-2009, 11:35 AM

Danny, Sounds like a police mag, but without a photo it's hard to say if you have a nickel plated extruded Schmeisser mag or the more common plated folded Mauser one. TH

lanceng156 · 05-24-2009, 03:04 PM

Thanks for the help Tom

Interesting to find out its Police issue.

Danny

lanceng156 · 05-24-2009, 06:29 PM

Here's some more of the markings:

Any more info would be grand

Looks like its been over stamped at some stage too.

Danny

GerColctor · 05-24-2009, 06:55 PM

That appears to be a police marked mag, number 1.

Joe

Edward Tinker · 05-24-2009, 08:34 PM

hey Joe, I haven't seen a starburst like this tho? Have you bud?

Ed

Lugerdoc · 05-25-2009, 09:55 AM

Danny, Thanks for the nice photos. I agree with Ed T. that the Sunburst/D Weimar Police marking (i've never seen one this large either) is probably spurious. The renumbered Weimar era alum bottom, appears to have been reinstalled in a later Mauser nickel plated (correct would be tin plated)body.TH

lanceng156 · 05-25-2009, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the replies

So what do you think is the story behind this mag? Weimar era mag that was refurbished late/post war?

Finally was it worth Â£45

Danny

05-24-2009, 04:44 AM	#1
lanceng156 New User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Luger Mag Question Picked up a 36 dated holster at a show yesterday but to my suprise it still had a mag in it so I quickly snapped it up for Â£45! Its a Stainless Steel body with an alloy bottom with the marking as follows: 3470 1 Above the numbers theres a symbol which looks like a star above a D on its side, kind of like a lighthouse? Sorry for my description but I've looked around the net and can't find any other examples of this symbol so I thought i'd ask the experts Cheers Danny

05-24-2009, 11:35 AM	#2
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Danny, Sounds like a police mag, but without a photo it's hard to say if you have a nickel plated extruded Schmeisser mag or the more common plated folded Mauser one. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

05-24-2009, 03:04 PM	#3
lanceng156 New User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the help Tom Interesting to find out its Police issue. Danny __________________ 1936 S/42 Luger Owner

05-24-2009, 06:29 PM	#4
lanceng156 New User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here's some more of the markings: Any more info would be grand Looks like its been over stamped at some stage too. Danny __________________ 1936 S/42 Luger Owner

05-24-2009, 06:55 PM	#5
GerColctor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CT & FL Posts: 311 Thanks: 2 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts	That appears to be a police marked mag, number 1. Joe __________________ It is better to have lived a day as a tiger, then a thousand years as a lamb.

05-24-2009, 08:34 PM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,926 Thanks: 2,014 Thanked 4,523 Times in 2,089 Posts	hey Joe, I haven't seen a starburst like this tho? Have you bud? Ed __________________ 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

05-25-2009, 09:55 AM	#7
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Danny, Thanks for the nice photos. I agree with Ed T. that the Sunburst/D Weimar Police marking (i've never seen one this large either) is probably spurious. The renumbered Weimar era alum bottom, appears to have been reinstalled in a later Mauser nickel plated (correct would be tin plated)body.TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

05-25-2009, 07:38 PM	#8
lanceng156 New User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the replies So what do you think is the story behind this mag? Weimar era mag that was refurbished late/post war? Finally was it worth Â£45 Danny __________________ 1936 S/42 Luger Owner