Loading tool help

Waa623 · 11-17-2013, 11:01 AM

Just picked up a complete 1940/42 rig in the "a" block and this was the tool in the holster........ Can anybody identify it??? Also would the correct tool be an E/38 or E/655,being it is in the "a" block??? It came with a 1939 holster.
Thanks in advance.

ithacaartist · 11-17-2013, 04:49 PM

I know virtually nothing about the proofs it should have, but given its shape/outline and finish (none) I think it is early or WWI.

Maestro · 11-17-2013, 06:14 PM

do you have its dimensions? weight?

Edward Tinker · 11-17-2013, 07:32 PM

front to back is best way to see how thick it is

looks good from pictures, would imagine the 200 is a police marking, thats what it usually is, unless its a regimental marking, but then I would expect something besides just a '200'

Waa623 · 11-17-2013, 08:00 PM

Thanks Guys, the rig is all matching including both magazines. and not in bad shape. I picked it up from the Vets nephew. who I have known for about twelve years now. He is still looking for the capture papers..

alanint · 11-17-2013, 09:04 PM

Is there something lightly struck on the opposite side from the "200". It looks like the vestiges of a "0" there and maybe something more?

klaus 3338 · 11-22-2013, 01:55 AM

With the bigger ridge (dictionary) in the hole it is Reichswehr (Weimar) time.

11-17-2013, 11:01 AM	#1
Waa623 User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 15 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Loading tool help Just picked up a complete 1940/42 rig in the "a" block and this was the tool in the holster........ Can anybody identify it??? Also would the correct tool be an E/38 or E/655,being it is in the "a" block??? It came with a 1939 holster. Thanks in advance. Attached Thumbnails

11-17-2013, 04:49 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,364 Thanks: 7,418 Thanked 2,599 Times in 1,375 Posts	I know virtually nothing about the proofs it should have, but given its shape/outline and finish (none) I think it is early or WWI. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,957 Thanks: 2,059 Thanked 4,578 Times in 2,112 Posts	front to back is best way to see how thick it is looks good from pictures, would imagine the 200 is a police marking, thats what it usually is, unless its a regimental marking, but then I would expect something besides just a '200' __________________ 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

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Maestro User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: "Where the streets have no names" Posts: 504 Thanks: 192 Thanked 200 Times in 136 Posts	do you have its dimensions? weight?

11-17-2013, 08:00 PM	#5
Waa623 User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 15 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks Guys, the rig is all matching including both magazines. and not in bad shape. I picked it up from the Vets nephew. who I have known for about twelve years now. He is still looking for the capture papers..

11-17-2013, 09:04 PM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Is there something lightly struck on the opposite side from the "200". It looks like the vestiges of a "0" there and maybe something more?

11-22-2013, 01:55 AM	#7
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 416 Times in 162 Posts	With the bigger ridge (dictionary) in the hole it is Reichswehr (Weimar) time.