DWM LUGER PROTOTYPE, 1900 MODEL, 7.65MM for auction @ Manions

[Johnny Peppers]

Serial number 10035B has a reverse toggle, and I notice that the pistol shown has a reverse toggle. The original magazines would not have been numbered, so the magazines are probably orphaned militaries. The pistol is advertised in excellent original condition, but the pictures sure make it look like it has been refinished. The stawing is just too perfect, and a little on the light side. The strawed finish was very fragile, and in the last 100 years it would be showing some ageing to the straw. The front toggle with the DWM logo appears to have been dressed down with a belt sander. Just my opinion, but doesn't look original to me.