Goetz's German Small Arms Markings
 

I am just about as addicted to collecting the books on my favorite subject, which of coarse is the Luger as I am with what I consider to be the most fascinating handgun of all time, also the Luger with all it's variations. Unfortunatly good referance books on the Luger do not come cheap which brings me to my question, I already own Constanzo's "World of Lugers" and am considering purchasing Goetz's "German Small Arms Markings". Is there enough additional information in Goetz's book to warrent the price, now about $140.00.? I do not own any other German handguns other then a couple of C 96's and probably never will as I am at the age where I should be selling instead of buying. :) Any advise?

Get Walter's "The Luger Book" in softcover and save a hundred bucks... ;)

Thanks Rich, I'll check into that one. :cheers:

Do a Search here, and/or check Still's Forum under Book Reviews...It gets generally favorable reviews... :thumbup:

Thanks again. What I am after is whatever information I can get to help to identify not only the various markings but also anything that might help me to better identify some of the differences in the more than 3,000 variations, as mentioned by one of the forum members. I understand that many, if not most of those are very subtle but then that is one of the things that helps to make the Luger so interesting.

Costanzo is a pretty advanced place to start.

German Small Arms Markings is a great introduction to thte basics. It will lead you to Noll's Imperial German Regimental Markings, Maus's History Writ In Steel, and Walter's book, along with several others, as the direction of your interest evolves.

This will bring you back around to Costanzo, at which time you will have a much greater understanding of his book.

--Dwight