My latest acquisition a Mauser BYF44 Eagle F police P.38, made at the Mauser Plant in late October 1944.
The pictures.....
The left side.
(https://preview.ibb.co/jcKxRd/3_E_Mauser_BYF44_Eagle_F_4569_Left_resized.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nan6Ky)
The right side.
(https://preview.ibb.co/cKFkey/3_E1_Mauser_BYF44_Eagle_F_4569_Right_resized.jpg) (https://ibb.co/knnbmd)
drool2
Gorgeous!!! How do you tell its police?
Wow, that looks to be in very good condition. Beautiful. Are the Polizei P.38s rarer than Wehrmacht issue?
Any police P38s? eyeball1 eyeball1
(https://www.rt.com/files/news/30/c5/f0/00/nazi-1.jpg)
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on March 27, 2016, 10:38:24 PM
drool2
Gorgeous!!! How do you tell its police?
By the Eagle F stamp. There were were two inspectors at the Mauser plant that stamped either Eagle L and Eagle F. The Eagle F are rare only 1,157 of them made in 1944. No police P.38's have a letter suffix my pistol is 4869 if it was 4869a it could not be a police gun. I hope this helps you understand. The police holster has RB numbers on the back as in my example and a police eagle stamp below the P.38 stamp. The RB number points to a maufacturer of the holster. Some numbers have a known maker and some do not. Mine is in the do not know category.
Great info... Thanks for sharing!
Good grief what a beautiful pistol. I know those police guns are stupidly rare.
I wonder if in the collector days of yore guys ever confused the e/L stamps for Luftwaffe marks?
Quote from: Blicero on March 28, 2016, 08:47:37 PM
Good grief what a beautiful pistol. I know those police guns are stupidly rare.
I wonder if in the collector days of yore guys ever confused the e/L stamps for Luftwaffe marks?
Not lately though the Luftwaffe did not carry P.38 pistols . Not enough room in the cockpit . They carred smaller pistols LIKE THE Orteges .32 in Theuerman holster.
Quote from: Donp236 on March 29, 2016, 05:51:43 AM
Quote from: Blicero on March 28, 2016, 08:47:37 PM
Good grief what a beautiful pistol. I know those police guns are stupidly rare.
I wonder if in the collector days of yore guys ever confused the e/L stamps for Luftwaffe marks?
Not lately though the Luftwaffe pilots did not carry P.38 pistols . Not enough room in the cockpit . They carred smaller pistols like the Orteges .32 in Theuerman holster. The guards and other ground personnell did in unmarked holsers with only the LZA Luft waffenampt stamp on them.
On their rarity the Eagle L were produced in 1943 and 1944 so they run a litte below an Eagle F. The EagleF now days goes for more and is rarer some variances of the Model HP.