death head luger
 

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=3508185


Check it out, a few days ago this came up. Real or not? Why would there be the DH mark on a 1918 gun? Little before its time?


Roadkill

Re: death head luger
 

1917 & 1918 Erfurts and DWMS had this marking, but many on the market are not the original deal! Jan Still has some pictures of these in his books! Thor

Re: death head luger
 

1918 is OK. The Death Head Lugers are WWI or later Freikorps. The Death Head isn't just a WWII insignia. Current guess is that they were WWI Flammenwerfer (flamethrower) issue. There was an earlier thread on this particular gun. I have one dated 1913 and have seen pictures of 1915, 1917 and 1918, both Erfurt and DWM.

Re: death head luger
 

Ralph had (has?)a 1918 Erfurt DH for sale when we were in Phoenix.

Somebody Say death head luger (EOM)
 

The grip frame is WW2 MAUSER production
 

Check out the Mauser Bump at the rear of the toggle life ramps...

--regards, John Sabato

Re: The grip frame is WW2 MAUSER production
 

You got sharp eyes there John! Thor

Re: The grip frame is WW2 MAUSER production
 

The trigger is blued not white/strawed

Re: The grip frame is WW2 MAUSER production
 

Is it real or not?

The upper receiver might be original with the DH
 

But the lower half is from a post 1937 Mauser and I think it is a parts gun...


just my $0.02,


John

Re: The grip frame is WW2 MAUSER production
 

The receiver is Erfurt and looks fairly authentic for a Death Head. Wish there was a picture of the toggle assembly. It definately is a parts gun as John Sabato observed, but then a lot of Death Head Lugers are parts guns. Unfortunately, there are a number of fakes too. To my eye, the receiver is a "real" Death Head FWIW.

I concur Ron. The DH "looks" genuine to me too. (EOM)