jp sauer model 38h info

38 Serial # and Safety

Just one more bit of info to help pin down (maybe) some of the changes:
My 262,519 has both the cocking lever and slide safety. Crown proof. Hoping it likes some modern h.p. ammo because it's one of nicest feeling pistols I have.
 
I have been all over the net and got just about everything I needed to identify this JPShuer&Sohn 38H that I have,,,but there still is one thing I have not seen or read about. Mind is chrome plated with black grips and all the makings,,SN315184

So far it seems to be a Police issue with the "C" make at the left front of the trigger guard and the checkered mag release button also has the Thumb safety.

Also the holster is correct for the police issue,,with the flap latch going down and one mag pocket. But under the flap there is a stamped Eagle with looks to be a circle and a swastika in the middle.

So would this gun have been plated after it was decommission?
Why would that be? And how would it have gotten to the states then?

Thank for any input on this pistol.

Hagen
 
So would this gun have been plated after it was decommission?
Why would that be? And how would it have gotten to the states then?
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The gun was most likely brought back by a returning GI, then plated, which was popular in the years after the war. In those days, the gun was just a souvenir taken from the enemy, and not the "collectible" of today's era of collectormania.
 
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