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LOT 420
Desirable Pre-
World War II “S”
Code Krieghoff
Semi-Automatic
Luger Pistol Rig
with Two Matching
Magazines, Krieghoff
Proofed Holster and
Service Belt - Serial no.
3261, 9 mm Luger cal., 4 inch
round bbl., blue/straw finish, brown plastic
checkered grips. This is a solid representative example of
a mid-production, pre-WWII Krieghoff “S” code Luger as
manufactured in limited quantities for the Luftwaffe. This
Luger is marked with the early “S” code over the chamber
which was the secret code indicating manufacture
in 1936. There were only about 4,000 “S” code Lugers
produced during this year of manufacture. The specific
pistol is a mid-production model with serial number
“3261” that still retains the “S” code marking. It has the
regular features such as the C-1 die marked toggle that
has the “H” Krieghoff Anchor “K” with “KRIEGHOFF/SUHL”
marked below that. The left point of the anchor nearly
touches the letter “H” and the word “SUHL” is slightly
off-set so that the “I” in Krieghoff is slightly ahead of the
letter “S” in SUHL with the flat bottom on the letter “U”.
The right side of the barrel extension is marked with
the early “LWaA” 1st-stage 1 early Luftwaffe acceptance
proof followed by the Luftwaffe test proof and small
“eagle/2” proof. The underside of the barrel is marked
with only with the bore diameter and the early “eagle/2”
acceptance proof. It has the typical military style serial
number placement with the full serial number on the
front frame and the left side of the barrel extension with
the last two digits on the backside of the side plate,
front and rear toggle assembly, trigger, and take down
lever. The pistol is fitted with a set of original Krieghoff
brown checkered plastic grips as manufactured by the
Ritzmann firm. These grips are identified by their small
fine checkered pattern with the smooth border around
the edge of each grip panel. The back side of each
grip panel has the correct mold numbers that consist
of a small circled “HRS” for the Herman Ritzmann &
Sohne company and number “8964” impressed into the
plastic. The pistol is complete with two mid-
production Krieghoff magazines that have
the nickel plated magazine body with
cast aluminum bases, with “HAENEL
SCHMEISSER PATENT” on the right
side of each magazine body. Both
are correctly numbered “3261” on the
bottom of the bases and both have a
single “eagle/2” proof only backwards
above the serial number. These Lugers
have the distinctive Krieghoff high
polish blue finish with the straw colored
small parts. This Luger is complete with
an early unmarked commercial military
style black holster that has a single
“eagle/2” proofmark on the inside against
the back part of the holster, a takedown tool
numbered “2911”, aluminum “GOTT MIT UNS”
belt buckle with traces of a hand-scratched
marking on the back, and a black leather Kurt
Seidel service belt with “1938” near the hook
and a faint hand marking partially reading
“Uffz. S” behind the tongue; Unteroffizer S is
unidentified, but may have been the German
trooper who was originally issued the belt.
CONDITION: Excellent with 90% plus of the
original blue finish with wear, thinning and
browning on the front and rear grip straps, and wear
and blue loss on the edges and high spots overall
such as the side plate hump, the front edges of the
frame rails and the sides of the front sight base/barrel
band. The smaller parts retain 75% of their original
straw colors. The grips are also excellent showing only
minor handling marks. Mechanically excellent.
The holster is fine with some minor
light scuffs in a few places and tight
stitching, and the belt and buckle
show wear appropriate to age and
field use. A very nice mid-production
“S” code Krieghoff Luger rig with two
matching magazines.
Estimate: 14,000 - 22,500