1940 Mauser Banner Police Rig

1940 Mauser Banner Police Rig SOLD

This is an all-matching Mauser Banner with two matching magazines and is proofed with the Nazi Eagle N, the latter Nitro proof used by the German Government. This example has all matching numbers. This is a complete rig as taken from the battlefield with the gun, holster, 2nd magazine, proofed loading tool, belt & early steel police buckle Here you can see all the small parts that are numbered; this is a beautiful example of the Banner Police series in a complete rig. (1155)

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This Parabellum is 9mm police gun in a 100mm barrel length with all matching serial numbers to include matching, original grips. Serial number placement is in the military ("exposed") style. The thumb safety is marked 'Gesichert' and safe is down and the extractor "Geladen" (Loaded). The barrel is numbered and proofed and matches the frame. The bore is good with distinctive lands and groove. The thumb safety is new style, and blued. Over the sear above the side plate is the sear safety that designates this gun a police mode.


Mauser-Werke and Berliner-Karlsruher Industrie-Werke (BKIW), [BKIW was the successor to DWM (Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)] had common ownership. In 1930 the machinery, technicians and supplies were moved from Berlin-Wittenau to Oberndorf and BKIW's interest in the Parabellum ceased. There is a "V" notched rear sight and stock lug.

Serial number placement is standard military; front frame, under the barrel, the side plate, the extractor, the safety, the sear bar retaining pin and the majority of the internal parts are serial numbered. The Mauser Code 42 appears on the fist toggle link and the "V" cut rear sight and last two digits of the serial number appear on the rear toggle.

SEAR SAFETY: In this case you can see the sear safety probably fully installed at the original time of production. This was the invention of Ludwig Schiwy, a gunsmith and the owner of F.W. Vandry & Company, Berlin. It consisted of a spring-steel bar on the top of the trigger plate which springs down into a recess in the sear bar, locking the mechanism, if the trigger plate was removed.


Above: One can see the small 2mm "hump" distinctive of the Mauser frame to protect the rear main axel pin in full recoil. Note the last two digits of the serial number on the rear main axel pin. In 1932 the Reichswehrministerium issued an order that the rear connecting pin be serial numbered to the gun which was required by order in 1933.

On the left we see the police acceptance stamp (Eagle C) and on the right is the commercial Eagle N. Most of the Lugers procured after 1939 went to the SS police battalions who were extensively engaged in anti-partisan and anti-resistance warfare. This bring-back was reported taken from a guard at a Headquarters in France when captured by US soldiers.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Hermann Göring, then Prussian minister of the interior, detached the political and espionage units from the regular Prussian police, filled their ranks with thousands of Nazis, and, on April 26, 1933, reorganized them under his personal command as the Gestapo. Simultaneously, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, the Nazi paramilitary corps, together with his aide Reinhardt Heydrich, similarly reorganized the police of Bavaria and the remaining German states. Himmler was given command over Göring’s Gestapo in April 1934 and on June 17, 1936, was made German chief of police with the title of Reichsführer. Nominally under the Ministry of the Interior, Germany’s police forces now were unified under Himmler as head of both the SS and the Gestapo. Translated as "order police", Ordnungspolizei referred to uniformed police units formed by an act of the German Interior Ministry in the summer of 1936. The act decreed that the regular German police forces were to be absorbed into the SS, which would then incorporate all local, state, and national level law enforcement agencies. The police were divided into the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo or regular police) and the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo or security police). The Orpo assumed duties of regular uniformed law enforcement while the Sipo consisted of the secret state police Geheime-Staatspolizei or Gestapo and criminal investigation police Kriminalpolizei or Kripo. The Gestapo was a corps of professional detectives involved in political police duties and the task of the Kriminalpolizei was fighting crime. On September 1939, the Sipo was combined with the secret service of the SS Sicherheitsdienst (SD) into the Main Office for Security of the Reich the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA). RSHA symbolize the narrow connection between SS (party organization) and police (state organization).

The Mauser Banner on the 1st toggle link and the overall quality of the gun helps the collectors differentiate between the finished on the military contract guns and the commercial guns made by Mauser. The absence of tool marks and the high polish makes this a beautiful example of the craftsmanship of the Mauser gunsmiths.

Open Holster showing the 2nd matching magazine, the loading tool, holster, belt and police belt buckle. This is a marvelously preserved Mauser Banner, one of the very hardest to find for the Police or Banner collector and great piece for the investor who wants the best.


Serial numbers appear on the firing pin, breech block along with another military acceptance stamp and on the toggle bolt axle pin. Above: This is a 1940 dated police holster that is just like new. All the stitching is intact and the leather is still flexible. A great holster and like new belt with tabs and the issued chest straps.


So who was being issued these police type contract guns? By 1942 the police organizations had grown into private armies of various branches. Many of the police organizations were newly created units of Ordnungspolizei (Order Police), these units were issued Parabellum 9mm to SD, Gestapo, Kripo and Einsatzgruppen (anti-Jewish police units).


Above Left: One can see the small 2mm "hump" distinctive of the Mauser frame to protect the rear main axel pin in full recoil. Note the last two digits of the serial number on the rear main axel pin. In 1932 the Reichswehrministerium issued an order that the rear connecting pin be serial numbered to the gun which was required by order in 1933.


Above Left is the Nazi Police Belt Buckle and to the right is obverse. Gott mitt uns (God with Us) with the wreath circles the swastika. This is one of stamped type vs. the disc being inserted in the pebbled back with tabs. Below, the commercial police holster with the manufacturers cartouche and not the coded manufactures marks the military had adopted by 1940.


The proofed Holster dated 1940 and manufactured in Berlin. The holster is in excellent shape with all the stitching intact. The production run of this serial number range ("x" suffix) is reported to be 3,300 Lugers with only 62 know to collectors.

Above Left the magazines are serial numbered to the gun and in excellent shape.

The barrel is 4" (100mm) and the rear sight is "V" cut fixed and front dovetailed sight with the frame having the stock lug. Serial number placement is in the military ("exposed") style; displayed on the left side of the receiver, the side plate, the locking bolt, the sear bar safety, the extractor, the forward toggle link, the front of the frame, under the barrel, and on the side of the trigger. Original grips are finely cut diamond shaped checkering made from walnut or in some cases beech wood.

Matching serial numbers for the receiver, barrel and both magazines is a feat unto itself. The production run of this serial number range ("x" suffix) is reported to be 3,300 Lugers with only 62 know to collectors. This is truly a very rare find for such a complete rig. This Parabellum is 9mm police gun in a 100mm barrel length with all matching serial numbers to include matching, original grips. The Eagle N proof over the serial number on the receiver was the result of the 1940 Proof Law for all commercial guns and replaced the Crown N and Crown U.

Right off the battlefield this complete SS Police Battalion Rig features a 1940 Mauser Banner all matching Parabellum with a 2nd matching magazine, a 1940 dated police holster with a loading tool, a Nazi Police (Polizei) belt buckle, and a period belt. It doesn't get any better than this for the police collector. Any questions to josef@phoenixinvestmentarms.com This is offered for $4,450.00 over-the-counter.

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