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E/L E/F Numbered Magazines

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jcorl:
Here they are.

Warbird:
There did not seem to be a national standard for marking the various Police organizational equipment in Germany during the war.  So each department would (or would not) stamp matching serial numbers on pistol Magazines and Holsters to their own standards.  These matching serial numbers, complete or shortened, will be found on the Magazine spine, housing, or floorplate.

As an example, my Police HSc #716771 has "6771" stamped vertically on the spine of both Magazines and the complete serial number stamped on its accompanying CZ24/27 Holster.  Since Germany occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939, this pistol (made in April 1941) must have been issued to the occupying police force and mated with a Czech CZ Holster for convenience.  I bring this up only to demonstrate that any marking combination is possible.

jcorl:
I would raise the question as to the commonality of finding two magazines without the denotation of a "+" or "1" or "2".  Is it routine to locate identical twins or is that spare mag usually identified in some manner, so the shooter or his police partner in a gunfight can quickly have feedback on his ammo situation?   
 
Jim

Like_Old_Guns:
warbird, thanks, you confirmed what I suspected, that there was no national standard for marking the various Police organizational equipment in Germany during the war.  It is interesting to see the variety of different police markings for the HSc.

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