I just purchased this off of a guy and took some picks so I figured I would share. As far as I can see the P38 is all matching aside from the magazine, which is jyd marked. The holster appears (to my novice eyes) as original, and has a, now broken, field repaired strap. Marked YO 42 with a WA98 Waffenamt.

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Nice looking P-38! Mind if I ask how much you paid? The Bakelite grips look cool.

I recently bought a post-war P-1 with West Berlin Police markings and she's a fun shooter. I'd love to have a WWII Nazi marked one however...

Thanks for showing off this nice example.

That's a nice-looking piece of equipment.

Posted by MIM-14 Nice looking P-38! Mind if I ask how much you paid? The Bakelite grips look cool. I recently bought a post-war P-1 with West Berlin Police markings and she's a fun shooter. I'd love to have a WWII Nazi marked one however... Thanks for showing off this nice example.

I paid $750 for the rig. I am probably going to end up selling the hard shell holster though to get some of it back. Leather goods are too high maintenance for me and just not my thing.

The grips are from Julius Posselt Co, who made a lot of the Spreewerk grips. If you see them on a Mauser or Walther P38 you they are not original to the gun. I personally think they are the best looking p38 grip variation and are made of a phenolic resin and sawdust compound.

It is pretty awesome it is West German Police marked and gives it a neat history of its own. I have wanted one as a shooter forever but instead ended up jumping on this 1943 Spreewerk. What year is your P1 and does it have the thicker slide and hex crossbolt? The earlier P1s with the aluminum slide were a very early attempt at aluminum gun components and Walther more or less under-engineered them, making them prone to crack and failure. You need to be careful of those and its best to shoot lower powered ammo.

Posted by Soldat I paid $750 for the rig. I am probably going to end up selling the hard shell holster though to get some of it back. Leather goods are too high maintenance for me and just not my thing. The grips are from Julius Posselt Co, who made a lot of the Spreewerk grips. If you see them on a Mauser or Walther P38 you they are not original to the gun. I personally think they are the best looking p38 grip variation and are made of a phenolic resin and sawdust compound. It is pretty awesome it is West German Police marked and gives it a neat history of its own. I have wanted one as a shooter forever but instead ended up jumping on this 1943 Spreewerk. What year is your P1 and does it have the thicker slide and hex crossbolt? The earlier P1s with the aluminum slide were a very early attempt at aluminum gun components and Walther more or less under-engineered them, making them prone to crack and failure. You need to be careful of those and its best to shoot lower powered ammo.

I think you did great. Very nice, thanks for the info. on the grips. I really like they way the look. Are you sure about selling the holster? I mean since you bought them together as a set... Just saying

Here is my recent pickup, my post-war P-1.

















As you can see, it is an early one (1963 I think) without the later hex pin and fat slide upgrades. You can clearly see the West Berlin Police (Polizei) flower property mark on the left side forward of the trigger guard. It sure reminds me of the mum in WWII Japanese rifles...

The history of these Manurhin guns are pretty interesting. They were made by Walter in Germany and then shipped over the border to France for final assembly and markings. Since Berlin was occupied at the time, one of the provisions was that the German Police force could not be armed with German-made arms. This was their way around that!

I have read a lot about the possible cracking on the frame on these guns. The gun shop I picked this up from said 124gr 9mm would be okay to shoot but I am thinking I should probably stick with 115gr rounds eh? When I took her down, this is what the frame looked like where the locking block slams into the frame:





I'm taking her to the range today to see how she shoots. I've been looking forward to this for a few weeks now. I'll report back how she does. I already have a line on some more mags and a black leather 1960's Polizei holster!