This is a very nice example of an early 1937 dated Mauser Luger pistol rig. This early 1937 production pistol still retained the straw colored small parts with rust blued finish, before the Mauser factory switched to the all salt blued finish to help speed up pistol production. The top of the chamber is dated 1937 and it has the "S/42" code marking on the front toggle. It has the early style "Eagle/ 63" Waffenamt proofs on the barrel extension and barrel. There is a single eagle firing proof also on the barrel extension, barrel and breechblock. It is correctly marked "GESICHERT" and "GELADEN" on the safety area and extractor, respectively. It is complete with two original matching magazines that have the blued, unmarked, folded sheet metal steel bodies, with the aluminum bases that are marked on the base "2144/t/Eagle 63" and "2144/t/+/Eagle 63" respectively. This Luger is complete with a very nice WWII black leather holster that is marked on the back side "LR/Eagle WaA 145/1937" and an original "Eagle/63" Waffenamt proofed takedown tool.

Excellent with 95% plus of the original blue finish with wear on the edges and high spots overall. The grips are both in excellent condition with nice distinct checkering on both sides. The holster is in very fine condition with a nice black color overall with tight stitching showing nice sharp markings on the back with some minor scuffing and scratches on the flap with minor loss of finish on the toe. As noted this Luger has all matching numbers to include both magazines. A very nice example of a complete 1937 dated Luger P.08 rig.