This is one of my favorite pieces which will never be resold by me. I appreciate any additional information the administrators or forum members can provide. I have no way of confirming this information, but it is intriguing nonetheless. I am told this is the name of the West German policeman to whom the pistol was originally issued. You may be able to see the German name 'Staneker' in the box with the pistol. My purchase price was about $100 above that in 2010. The original purchase price in the US at that time was $399.95. I have the store receipt from 1981, but I won't include that in the photos due to privacy concerns.
Does that indicate some kind of police marking that was struck through? When I bought this weapon at a local gun shop, the store owner told me that this gun had been purchased by a policeman in South Carolina. The additional photo of the right side of the pistol shows the serial number with a large asterisk prior to the number. The Manurhin box also has the serial number stickered to the box (not shown in the photo). According to what I have read here on the forum, the serial number indicates 1957-58 timeframe of manufacture. I took three more photos of the box, the other side of the pistol, and one of the two magazines for additional information.
