1906 Commercial NAZI ENGRAVED
 

OK, I hear you; an '06 commercial with Nazi engraving??? Can't be. Here is the story:

I have a very good friend who is a Luger collector/dealer. He is foreign to computers as much as Columbus would have been to a GPS. With that said, he asked me put this Luger on our forum to get opinions. He acquired it at a gunshow on the north side of New Orleans. He told me an elderly gentleman, (looked to be in his 80's) walked into the show, went straight to his table and asked him if would be interested in buying his Luger. He said he acquired this Luger way back just after World War II when he lived in Germany. He told my friend that the person he got it from had an SS tattoo on his wrist and that it was it his personal side arm during the war. OK sounds like Hollywood; maybe so, but it sure does explain the Nazi engraving. Oh, BTW, the extractor is not in English and there is not a GERMANY proof or any other proof. There is the word "Germany" on the small medallion on the grips, but I would not consider this a proof mark.

Opinions welcome please.

Thanks,
Mike

Plated

I am not a fan on swatikas, but I'd own this :)

Should the eagle be facing to his right?

In general yes..German Eagles could face either way on occasions but take SS Enlisted buckles for instance..Always to the right. The Eagle on some very few Army buckles face left and are considered rare.

SS Luger.?
 

I believe the story is total BS....the German SS did NOT have tatoos on their wrist....they had their Blood Type tatooed under their left arm.....I lived in Germany for over two years ..my Family is German ..and a close friend of mine over there was in the SS during WW2.....fought on the Russian Front.......he told me about the "Blood tattoos".......also told me how after the war....he burned the tatoo off with a hot cigar......IMHO ..I believe the Luger is a Post War GI Fantasy Luger......but thats just my $0.02.........

A lot of work has gone into this at some stage.

What little I know
 

I certainly couldn't do that work but I would expect the lines of the engraving to be sharped and crisper. Perhaps not done by an expert??
The stories aren't mutually exclusive.
So it doesn't look like a presentation piece. It could still be what it's described as: purchased by him (commercial number), used during the war, engraved and kept for all those years.
Jack

I am not an expert on engraving, but I agree with the work that it must have took some time to do. There is probably some truth to the story. The elderly gentleman in his 80's probably did get it in Germany, but the rest of the tale given to him sounds tall.

Well it has a "certain somthing" that makes it attractive overall. But it is apprentice level engraving and is certainly post war done. So it is a fantasy gun. Still I would own it, just as a nice conversation piece. Sort of the ultimate example of the post war nickel plated Luger that was "taken from the hands of the dying German General".

I like it and it would be a prize for me just because it is unique. Cool find.

Charlie

I'd love to pull that one out of the bag at the range and just feel the stares...
dju

I'm sorry but that is one ugly luger. Bill

Bill...ditto big time

Bill..I would be a little nervous about the integrity of the barrel with that swas dug into it so deep..

That is a fairly early 1906 9mm. Too bad about the bling.

Looks like a genuine DWM product to me, provided you read DWM as 'Durango Waffenfabrik Mexico'. ;)

Ditto Bil is RIGHT, It almost look like an Aurora Plastic model kit that they spray painted with testors chrome spray. This Luger is odious. I don't think this is a German piece at all, as meaning engraved by a Nazi, or in no shape or form do I think this is connected to anything German, A bring back, and the owner got a hair up his behind to ruin it.