can anyone help me know what this is
 

Brother in law selling it for 1000

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Lots of lipstick on that pig...
Refinished, re-gripped, apparently mismatched, terminally altered. Etc, etc, etc.
Value as a shooter would be $800 max. Probably more like $650, IMHO.
But it may be a very good shooter...
dju

$600 max for me. This one looks rode hard and put up wet.

Yes, interesting to look at, but towards the lower end for me. In addition, the hand engravered swastika turns me off...

I didn't want to say 'nuttin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are so much more.........diplomatic.

Awesome! Thanks for the info guys glad I came here!

The story is that it was found buried under a house in Mexico. I never even thought there would have been nazi's in Mexico. Still cool, but thanks for the help so I don't overpay!

Should've left it buried.

The swastika was not put there by Nazis, but by someone after the fact who wanted it to seem more "nazi-like". Probably a returned GI who wanted a better story to tell than his neighbor.
But really, if you wanted a project, one could emery cloth the swastika off, re-blue or re-straw the small stuff once the peeling gold is removed, buff up or replace that sideplate, repop. grips, throw it all in the bluing tank, and you would still have a shooter...but a less garish one.
dju

Don't sell the Mexicans short!!

I've seen this kind of Blueing/Gold and fake Pearl treatment on many guns in Mexico. I've also seen the addition of Nazi regalia or symbols added to guns down there as well.

Let's not always blame the poor, returning GI!! :)

This gun may be shootable, but I don't think it is worth anywhere near the estimates. $400.00 tops in my book. There is just too much hand work to be done to make it look like a Luger again.

John is onto something. This is one of the few lugers you will find that even if it shoots flawlessly, it will still cost you a couple hundred to turn it into a "decent" shooter.

Jack

P.S. +1 on "Should have left it buried". That was a guut one!

Has anyone noticed that the grips are for a grip safety Luger? :) I would consider offering $60 for the grips just to add them to my grip collection.

Good point, Ron!

You could drop two nice, shiny dimes into those circular recesses, too!!