Matching P08 magazines

[Tank Destroyer]

Was it common for magazines to be marked like this, a number over a faint other one?
It’s an all matching rig that was brought back by a church remembers grandfather and was discovered inside of a clock in a bag. The family had no idea it was there.

[Rescue190]

Original numbers were sanded off and re-stamped to match. You can see the sanding marks. The number fonts are not correct either. This was done post war by someone attempting to have a matching mags to a gun. It also appears one is a Heer mag and the other one is a Police mag (top one). The number 1 was made into a + Police mags were marked 1 & 2. Heer mags were not.
John

[Tank Destroyer]

Thank you John for the reply and the education. I’m still confused about the story from the family so I called my friend back and I was off a little on the story. As the story was told again is his grandmother gave him the pistol in the holster in a bag and said “here, this was your grandfathers and his brought it home from the war”. No one knew anything about the pistol in the house. I will have it in hand again on Sunday. I do know that when I broke it down last year everything matched.

[Tank Destroyer]

John,
Do you have an example of a police magazine with the number below the serial number and not above it?

Thank you,
Marty

[AndyB]

The second one looks like corect one even i dont see there is number under or not the plus is striked over a doubble i letter, and E/63 would speak for Mauser piece prior 1939, the first one was clearly filed with older serial number still visible there 1304 under the new applied 1701.

[Rescue190]

I do not have an example of that. I did check the Police Luger book by Tinker & Gruber and did not find any pics. The numbering was completed by the Police Armory and not from the factory so I think it still remains as a possibility. Less likely if they were marked at the factory. There does appear to be a difference in the style between the vertical and horizontal marking in the + The horizontal appears to be engrave and the vertical stamped. Just my opinion based on the pic. The patina is not the same vertical vs horizontal either.
John

[Tank Destroyer]

Thank you for the help. I will have the rig in hand tomorrow and will have photos of the pistol and holster.

Marty