Younger collector in need of some help.

[Ron Smith]

Of approx. 135,700 1940/42 Lugers produced, approx. 2000 of those were procured by the Kriegsmarine. Out of that 2000 how many have survived? Those "Monkey Stamped" marks are what tells a dedicated collector that this is one of the few that did survive.

When you take the time to study Unit marks in detail, it becomes fairly easy to distiguish fakes from original markings.