SOLD MON JAN 27, RARE SAUER 38H PISTOL, EARLY PRODUCTION DOUBLE EAGLE/37 WAFFENAMT INITIAL ARMY PROCUREMENT

IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION WE HAVE THE  MOST DESIRABLE OF THE SAUER 38H PISTOLS, THE EARLY DOUBLE EAGLE 37 INSPECTED  SAUER MODEL 38H. THERE WERE ONLY ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 1,000 OF THESE EARLY ARMY ACCEPTED DOUBLE EAGLE 37 PROOFED PISTOLS AND THEY ARE RARELY SEEN FOR SALE. THESE WERE THE VERY FIRST OF THE MODEL 38 SAUERS TAKEN INTO THE ARMY AND THE “H” DESIGNATION IS FOR THE HEER (ARMY) WHICH REQUIRED AN ADDITIONAL MANUAL SAFETY ON THE SLIDE WHICH THE ORIGINAL MODEL 38 DID NOT HAVE.  WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FINEST OF THE POCKET PISTOLS THAT WERE MADE DURING THIS TIME, THE DESIGN WAS FLAWLESSLY ADVANCED, ERGONOMIC AND WAS POCKET PISTOL PERFECTION.  TO THIS DAY THIS IS STILL THE APEX OF THIS TYPE OF FIREARM.