wood box labeled P08

wolfganggo · 03-14-2021, 09:14 AM

gents,

i found an wooden box labeled P08.
this little wooden box does not match any picture i can find within sturgees and görtz.

anyone who has infos for me
i think its an original military box, intended to protect and carry some delicate parts (zielkreis, optik, whatever), but no luger ....

this kind of box was two times topic of discussion in the "militaria fundforum", but with no result

regards from austria ....

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mrerick · 03-14-2021, 11:00 AM

I can only speculate. This could well have contained a layered (with trays of parts) field repair kit for field armorers; A few years ago, one of our members acquired a complete armorer's kit.

There are photos of a couple of these kits on this site:

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showpost...94&postcount=5

Edward Tinker · 03-14-2021, 02:06 PM

Somewhere on the net - on individual boxes that held a P08 for usage by I think the equivalent of our maritime ships or on a navy ship. That it kept a firearm locked away.
I remember reading this, I think on Jan Still's forum, but not sure but specifically remember reading it.
I think possibly combined with the lugers that were in a holster and had a metal wire through the trigger guard and were 'sealed' with a lead (I think) 'lock'.

Ron Wood · 03-14-2021, 03:16 PM

Ed's recollection is the same as mine...it may be a navy secured container for a Luger and holster (and maybe ammo also?).
Ron

P. S. Edit: It isn't exactly like the box I was thinking of. There are some detail photos, not the whole box, on page 135 of Jan Still's "Third Reich Lugers".

wolfganggo · 03-15-2021, 03:02 PM

good evening

ron, ed, i checked to books from sturgees to görtz, i feel certain, this P08 marking is done trying to raise the value of an old little wood-box.

meanwhile i think in this box never a luger was carried, least of all with a holster
see the picture, i does not fit at all

nevertheless i try to find out what was carried in this box, maybe a howitzer optics, etc....
any ideas ??

regards from a windy day, here in austria

wolfganggo ...

gunbugs · 03-15-2021, 03:05 PM

The only other "08" I come up with is the Maxim 08. Perhaps an optical sight for the Maxim?

DonVoigt · 03-15-2021, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfganggo

good evening

ron, ed, i checked to books from sturgees to görtz, i feel certain, this P08 marking is done trying to raise the value of an old little wood-box.

meanwhile i think in this box never a luger was carried, least of all with a holster
see the picture, i does not fit at all

nevertheless i try to find out what was carried in this box, maybe a howitzer optics, etc....
any ideas ??

regards from a windy day, here in austria

wolfganggo ...

I think your are correct- the relation to a luger is the "P 08" stencil!

Here is what the Navy and/or transport air storage box looks like.
First an original box from an auction, next a repro box I made.
The holster for the pistol is the one we have seen with the small holes for a string with lead seal passed through and the box closure itself has provision for a wire and lead seal to show any opening.

03-14-2021, 09:14 AM	#1
wolfganggo User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: near vienna Posts: 93 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 18 Posts	wood box labeled P08 gents, i found an wooden box labeled P08. this little wooden box does not match any picture i can find within sturgees and görtz. anyone who has infos for me i think its an original military box, intended to protect and carry some delicate parts (zielkreis, optik, whatever), but no luger .... this kind of box was two times topic of discussion in the "militaria fundforum", but with no result regards from austria .... . Attached Thumbnails

03-14-2021, 11:00 AM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	I can only speculate. This could well have contained a layered (with trays of parts) field repair kit for field armorers; A few years ago, one of our members acquired a complete armorer's kit. There are photos of a couple of these kits on this site: http://forum.lugerforum.com/showpost...94&postcount=5 __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

03-14-2021, 03:16 PM	#4
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,179 Times in 1,703 Posts	Ed's recollection is the same as mine...it may be a navy secured container for a Luger and holster (and maybe ammo also?). Ron P. S. Edit: It isn't exactly like the box I was thinking of. There are some detail photos, not the whole box, on page 135 of Jan Still's "Third Reich Lugers". __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

03-15-2021, 03:02 PM	#5
wolfganggo User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: near vienna Posts: 93 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 18 Posts	good evening ron, ed, i checked to books from sturgees to görtz, i feel certain, this P08 marking is done trying to raise the value of an old little wood-box. meanwhile i think in this box never a luger was carried, least of all with a holster see the picture, i does not fit at all nevertheless i try to find out what was carried in this box, maybe a howitzer optics, etc.... any ideas ?? regards from a windy day, here in austria wolfganggo ... Attached Thumbnails

03-14-2021, 02:06 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Somewhere on the net - on individual boxes that held a P08 for usage by I think the equivalent of our maritime ships or on a navy ship. That it kept a firearm locked away. I remember reading this, I think on Jan Still's forum, but not sure but specifically remember reading it. I think possibly combined with the lugers that were in a holster and had a metal wire through the trigger guard and were 'sealed' with a lead (I think) 'lock'.

03-15-2021, 03:05 PM	#6
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 660 Thanks: 366 Thanked 1,179 Times in 395 Posts	The only other "08" I come up with is the Maxim 08. Perhaps an optical sight for the Maxim?