SOLD – RARE MAUSER BANNER 1940 POLICE EAGLE L LUGER…1 MATCHING MAG…FULL RURAL POLICE RIG….MINT!

IN  98%  ORIGINAL MINT VERY ATTRACTIVE CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY DESIRABLE AND FAIRLY RARE 1940 MAUSER BANNER POLICE EAGLE L MARKED LUGER.  THIS WAS VET BROUGHT BACK AND WAS USED IN THE NAZI RURAL POLICE (GENDARMERIE), PROBABLY SENT TO THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.  THIS PISTOL IS ALL MATCHING INCLUDING ONE MAG, AND IS FULLY RIGGED OUT WITH AN EXTRA POLICE MAG,AND UN-MARKED TOOL AND THE 1940 DATED POLICE LUGER HOLSTER IT WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM THE WAR IN.  THE BORE IS EXCELLENT AND THE CORRECT PROOFED BUT UN-NUMBERED FACTORY ORIGINAL GRIPS ARE NICE AND REALLY SHARP.  1940 EAGLE L MARKED BANNERS ARE SELDOM SEEN AND RARELY IN THIS TOP CONDITION.  IF YOU COLLECT NAZI POLICE WEAPONS OR BANNER LUGERS OR ARE LOOKING FOR JUST ONE MAUSER BANNER MARKED GUN, THIS IS A NICE CHOICE.  THESE POLICE MARKED COMMERCIAL LUGERS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS.

THIS PISTOL WAS CARRIED BY THE RURAL POLICE, AND WAS MOST LIKELY SENT TO OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO COMBAT RESISTANCE AND PARTISAN ACTIVITIES.  IT IS A POTENT SYMBOL OF CONTROL AND A NAZI TOOL OF TERROR AGAINST THE LOCAL POPULATIONS IT WAS INTENDED TO SUPPRESS.  A MENACING PIECE OF WW2 HISTORY AND A PRIZED WAR TROPHY.