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Title:	PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC -  GERMAN PISTOL SAUER MODEL 38(H) 7.65MM SN# 324004
Maker/Manufacturer:	SAUER, J.P.
Date of Manufacture:	C 1944
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 1007
Measurements:	OL: 15.8CM 6 1/4" BL: 8.2CM 3 1/4"

Object Description:

GERMAN PISTOL SAUER MODEL 38(H) 7.65MM SN# 324004
Manufactured by J.P. Sauer & Sohn, Suhl, Germany - Standard blowback-operated, 8-round detachable box magazine fed, Sauer 38 (H). Hammer cocking lever and double action. Checkered plastic grips. Magazine safety. Weapon weighs approximately 1.58 lbs. H = hammer. Complete with 8-round detachable box magazine. Grips shattered, held together by tape.

Markings:
Frame: 324004/Eagle/N.
Slide: 004 J.P. SAUER 7 SOHN, SUHL/CAL. 7.65. Right side: PATENT.
Bbl.: Eagle/N.
Trigger guard: Military acceptance Eagle/37.
Magazine: Sauer logo/CAL. 7.65.

Weapon found in one of "29 Boxes of Miscellaneous Foreign Weapons as received from New York Port of Embarkation on 6 March 1946, per SA OOO.4/17 and 28. Note: Itemized list showing quantities and descriptions of indiviudal weapons to be attached and made part of this voucher promptly upon completion of checking in of weapons in Experimental-Laboratory, Building No. 28. Weapon to be retained in Experimental-Laboratory for an indefinite period for examination and study per Mr. P.W. Oliver, 11 March 1946, after which they will be regreased and boxed suitable for storage and place with other Museum Material in Building #19 pending reopening of the Armory Museum." Weapon transferred to the Museum on 16 March 1946.