Exceptional example of the standard issue 9mm service pistol used by the Germans in World War II. Principal markings include: “8428q” (serial number); “byf 44” (manufacturer’s code and year of manufacture); eagle over “WaA135” (military acceptance stamps); “P.38” (model designation for Pistole 1938). The condition is exceptional with 98% of blue remaining; if the right side of the slide did not have a small ding near the bottom, the pistol would be Like New! The bore is perfect and seems very few rounds were fired through it. The pistol is fully functioning, including the safety de-cocker (which is often broken on P.38 pistols). All the serial numbers match and the magazine is the correct type marked with the E/135 inspection code (P.38 magazines were not numbered to the gun after March 1942). As designated by the “byf” manufacturer’s code, the pistol was made by Mauser-Werke AG, Oberndorf am Nekar. Mauser manufactured 145,000 P.38 pistols in 1944; based on the serial number, this pistol was made in March 1944 (typically, German pistol serial numbering started with no letter suffix in January of the new year and continued in sequence with a, b, c, etc.; Mauser’s P.38 production did not start over at the beginning of each new year, but continued in sequence where they left off the previous year).

P.38 pistols in this condition rarely come on the market! Excellent opportunity to own a collector grade classic German pistol made in early 1944 before the D-Day landings occur!

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