German WWII 9mm pistols.

[drm3m]

Top row left to right;

-Mauser code S/42 P.08 –dated 1938. (Sn 7289i)

-Walther P.38 code ac 42. (Sn 4666k)

Bottom row from left to right;

-FN M1935 High Power. (Belgium) (P.640b) (Sn 61741a)

Manufactured approx. August 1943.

-Vis M1935 (Radom) (P.35b) (Sn N5075)

Manufactured 1st or 2nd quarter of 1942.




Holsters.

Top row from left to right.

-P.08 holster dated 1936, manufactured by Karl Bocker, Waldbrol, stamped WaA387 under droop eagle.

-P.38 soft shell holster code ‘gxy’ WaA706 dated 1943. (Manufacturer -Gebr. Klinge, Dresden.)

Bottom row from left to right;

-High Power holster code ‘dla’ WaA195 for Karl Barth 44 dated.

-Radom holster with manufacturer’s code ‘bnz’ with WaA182 and P35(p) ink stamp.



-The black Radom holster showing the flap markings.



Various Radom magazines.





Slide markings on the Radom pistol.



S/n N5075



The droop eagle marking on the 1936 dated P.08 holster.



The matching Luger magazines.




WaA140 marking on a High Power magazine.



Slide markings on the High Power---showing WaA140.



High Power S/n 61741a




e/359 magazines for the Walther P.38.
The single spine marked e/359 magazine would be correct for the ac42 shown above.



The magazine marked P.38 that came with the ac42---single e/359 spine marking which is correct for the pistol.











David

 

[XRCD011]

^ Good lord man you have some beautiful firearms. I always look forward to seeing what is next up for show. Thanks for showing.

 

[drm3m]

XRCDO11---Thanks for the kind words.

I have added more stuff since the first posting.
I have a ‘bad habit’ of doing that within the same post.
The format of this forum is very forgiving in this regard.
Some forums have time limits and some forums reduce the photos from the size originally posted.
I use Photobucket and the photos come out on CGN as posted.

David

 

[Horilka]

Beautiful pistols... but you need Nazi contract Star B in 9mm Luger.

 

[jhawes]

Nice grouping

I see yours and raise you a few more

Jawes

 

[XRCD011]

^ I see a friendly CGN "arms race" developing.

 

[drm3m]

jhawes,

Impressive group photo ---thanks for posting it.
I noticed that you have a few examples of the pistol shown below.



I don’t do many group photos any more----they can turn into a major project.
Here are a few older group photos----the Thompson is since gone and the MP40 will be out the door shortly.



The MP44 will be joining the MP40 ----going to a new home.



Only a couple of P.38s---but many P.38 holsters.



Various P.38 holsters.

Two 1943 dated soft shell holsters codes ‘fkx’ and ‘gxy’—44 dated ‘gmo’ hard shell holster.



‘bml’ WaA23 soft shell holster dated 44.



‘cxb’ WaA210 hard shell holster dated 1943.



A rather unusual post war pigskin 'dual purpose' East German DDR holster for either the P.38 or Luger.
Note; The Luger tool pouch has been removed.







David

(Sorry for digressing from the theme of this thread.)

 

[drm3m]

This is a better example of my last holster shown above----part of Mark Castel's collection.
I like the way he does his photo merge photography.

Note the flap on the holster to protect the butt of the pistol----different than the conventional WWII German soft shell P.38 holster.



David

 

[tokguy]

Nice, do the regular holsters have the pull strap to boost it up and out of the holster as well?

 

[drm3m]

tokguy,

I don't think that the P.38 hard shell or soft shell holsters had the pull up strap like the Luger P.08 holster. The pull up strap goes very deep into the cavity of the Luger holster.

There is a strap on the hard shell P.38 holsters----but not a pull up strap. I think that it just kept the pistol positioned in the holster. No strap on the P.38 soft shell holsters.

The Luger P.08 holster.



Pull up strap on a Luger holster.




A 1943 dated P.38 soft shell holster.



A 1943 dated P.38 hard shell holster.




This beautiful tan colored ‘bnz’ marked Radom holster shows the pull up strap. (NOT MINE)



This black ‘bnz’ marked Radom holster belongs to me. This photo shows the pull up strap.



David