Picked this up, a friend in NH found it for me after I told him I was looking for one this year (my wish list for the year is pretty short). I've always wanted one of the Police marked conversions, something about these pistols is alluring to me and I can't tell you why. My love of Beutewaffen notwithstanding, this is a neat set with capture papers and customs tag. Came from the family estate Lawyer, I'm wanting to try to get some more info about the guy but not sure I want to dig into an estate that has taken 5 years to settle (he died in 2014).
Anyway, this one is a little different than the majority of these as it has no Police Eagle/L on the frame. I've yet to hear a reason why from forum searching, but realized that this holster is somewhat unique as well in that every one I have seen posted before has a reworked WW1 M1912 holster of some type. It seems this was a German made holster for this pistol, and the upward facing closing strap leads me to believe it's Police as well. No markings on the holster, pretty much expected for a commercial item. The standard 8rd clip fits right in the pouch, and it has a leather tab to pull it out. Everything is matching and correct as well. The capture papers list a lot of camera equipment and a small 4" knife and sheath - maybe one day I can figure out what that was (boot knife?).
Pics show it has a nice 85% used rust blued finish, this one wasn't refinished and is not unit marked. Speaking of, I see quite a few that are LGK marked (Landesgendarmariekommando) - many times people say that is a post war marking, but maybe someone can tell me this - post WW1 or post WW2? Always wondered that! Pics are cell phone pics, I don't have my photo studio set up at the moment, maybe I'll update the pics when I set it back up.
Anyway, this one is a little different than the majority of these as it has no Police Eagle/L on the frame. I've yet to hear a reason why from forum searching, but realized that this holster is somewhat unique as well in that every one I have seen posted before has a reworked WW1 M1912 holster of some type. It seems this was a German made holster for this pistol, and the upward facing closing strap leads me to believe it's Police as well. No markings on the holster, pretty much expected for a commercial item. The standard 8rd clip fits right in the pouch, and it has a leather tab to pull it out. Everything is matching and correct as well. The capture papers list a lot of camera equipment and a small 4" knife and sheath - maybe one day I can figure out what that was (boot knife?).
Pics show it has a nice 85% used rust blued finish, this one wasn't refinished and is not unit marked. Speaking of, I see quite a few that are LGK marked (Landesgendarmariekommando) - many times people say that is a post war marking, but maybe someone can tell me this - post WW1 or post WW2? Always wondered that! Pics are cell phone pics, I don't have my photo studio set up at the moment, maybe I'll update the pics when I set it back up.