Strangest Luger I have ever owned

Oh I know, Tom, that's why this gun is such a mystery.

It also has *2* sets of regimental marks on the gripstrap, one slightly buffed out and another installed overtop of it.

This gun has more marks than I have ever seen on one gun before, all very legit looking.

I surmise a Swiss target barrel was installed about the time it got the Swiss shield on it. There is also a "VP" mark next to the cross under the barrel, conjoined like the "BP" Berner Probe would be, but I can't think of any city in Switzerland that starts with a "V". Plus I thought the Swiss built their own Lugers, instead of recycling old Imperial ones.

All the marks seem legit enough, and the poor old beastie is fairly high mileage.

How it got from Switzerland to E Germany is anybody's guess really. And no refinish or arsenal rebuilds apparently either.


PS:

Many thanks to JR for making the pics show up

How DO you do that anyway?