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USMC81 · 02-10-2023, 05:03 PM

Let me reiterate, could my Luger have gotten to the states without the export markings between 1915 and the end of the War, or is it likely a bring back?

Edward Tinker · 02-11-2023, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by USMC81

Let me reiterate, could my Luger have gotten to the states without the export markings between 1915 and the end of the War, or is it likely a bring back?

Not to be a pain, but this is not how it worked.
During WW1, no firearms were exported from Germany unless to a axis power. Some guns would have been brought back by a GI injured and I imagine some shipped home before the end of the war in 1918. But most came to the USA after 1919 and during occupation. But tens of thousands were still in use and hidden in germany and used through the Weimar era and during the nazi era.

USMC81 · 02-12-2023, 11:04 AM

Thank you all for the replies. Edward Tinker, that is exactly what I was wanting to know. I was hoping someone knew of multiple ways in which it may have came to the states in it's condition.

#3 was interesting. I take it Canada at the time just sold them as surplus firearms?

Thank you all again!

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02-10-2023, 05:03 PM	#1
USMC81 New User Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Let me reiterate, could my Luger have gotten to the states without the export markings between 1915 and the end of the War, or is it likely a bring back?

02-12-2023, 11:04 AM	#3
USMC81 New User Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thank you all for the replies. Edward Tinker, that is exactly what I was wanting to know. I was hoping someone knew of multiple ways in which it may have came to the states in it's condition. #3 was interesting. I take it Canada at the time just sold them as surplus firearms? Thank you all again! Stay Frosty