Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked, stripped and dry fired. model, but in 1934 a change was made which altered its external appearance. The overall condition is superb with deep crisp even bluing and lovely undamaged matched wooden grips. Although the firm name had been changed from Waffenfabrik Mauser to Mauser-Werke in 1922, the new name was not used on the pocket pistols until 1929 or 1930, at about serial number 400,000. GEHA shotguns were converted from GEW 98 Mauser rifles after WWI around. 473 rim diameter, which has transferred over to. Definitely worthy of some further research. The known serial number ranges for the 42 rifles are from 5102g to. We can only assume that for some reason this pistol wasn't numbered in the normal manor and may have possible been part of a special batch or limited production run during WWII. It does however have the numbers 135 on the barrel and on the underside of the slide, not where you'd normally find them. ![]() However, it has no obvious serial number stamped forward facing at the base of pistol grip where it is normally positioned, and its clearly never had a number there. Clearly visible are the Nazi Waffen code, Eagle over 135, with nitro proof eagles over N on slide and frame and the correct Mauser legend and address on the slide. ![]() All the markings indicate that it is a Second World War production pistol. A very unusual and intriguing Nazi marked Mauser HSc pistol.
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