JP Sauer 38, Eagle N?

[1917-1919]

What is the Eagle N mean? Picked this one up a while a go, not a bad price, came with wartime holster...Guy I bought it from said Eagle N was for police...was he right? In any event, not a bad addition to the collection.

[Johnny Peppers]

You don't show the Eagle/N, but that was the nitro proof first used about April of 1940. The Eagle/C you show is the police acceptance mark.

[1917-1919]

Thank you, sorry I have been having computer problems(hence the two posts) and I could not get the other picture down loaded...Well, he was right, it was for police...

[Johnny Peppers]

Thank you, sorry I have been having computer problems(hence the two posts) and I could not get the other picture down loaded...Well, he was right, it was for police...

The Eagle/N was not police, but the Eagle/C is. The Eagle/N is the Nazi commercial proof.

[Matt Weber]

Johnny is correct.
The Sauer 38H will always have the commercial proofs on the right side. (except for some very late war guns that were never proofed in the factory). The military, or police proofs are added to those that were purchased by the military or police units off of the commercial production line.

Looks like a nice looking Police Sauer btw!

Matt

[JoeW]

A small point, but the E/N proof was introduced by the new proof law in January 1940.

[Von Kleist]

It seems the E/C is very common on these.
Thats all I ever see them marked..




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