EU Deko P38 Pistol byf44

The Mauser factory was liberated by the Allied forces in April 1945. Control of the factory was handed over to the French army which was in desperate need of firearms. Many P38 parts were still available in the Mauser storage rooms and the French decided to take advantage of this to produce P38 pistols for their own needs. Mauser used the secret code byf up to 1944 but changed in 1945 to SVW. Mauser stamped this code on the left side of the slide. The last two digits of the production year were stamped behind the code. The last Mauser P38 produced under German control was stamped with SVW45 and ended with serial number 3000 in the f-block..

French army did not change any codes or removed any previous applied German inspection stamps. The French also continued with the serial numbering system as applied by the Germans. The French started assembling P38 pistols, from the remaining Mauser parts in stock, in May 1945. The French P38 pistols started in the g-block (the letter “g” behind the serial number) and production remained approx. 10,000 pistols per month. Early French assembled P38 pistosl can be found with German E/WaA135 inspection stampshas fully matching numbers!
No moving parts

DEACTIVATED to New EU regulation 2015/2403 with Legal EU Certificate.

Legal to own in all EU countries to anyone over 18
Will only be shipped inside the EU!

Code: 54485