Any Idea of Collectability?

Chroming was a popular thing for GI's to do to their battlefield captured pistols. During the late 40s and into the 50s, chroming was very popular as you can see from the large amount of chrome on cars, the shiny nickel or chrome sixshooters in the TV westerns, and the chrome on furniture in homes. Military pistols were not chromed on military contract. A 1916 Erfurt is a standard military contract pistol. The chrome finish is not by Erfurt.