von dutch waffenfabrik ?
 

an excellent car magazine usually with some historical pictures

ebay lead photo is apparently a page in the issue from a Von Dutch article

barrel looks very lugerish
appears to be a perhaps one-off custom target pistol
looks automatic with a swing up barrel
anyone seen one like that ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-RODDERS-...item3cc673ee52

enjoy !
Bill

Now that you mention it, some of the totenkopf skulls do look like some of Von Dutch's work! :D

I remember some of his artwork from when I was a kid building model kits...I may even have had one of his T-shirts...

I was saddened to hear of his death... :(

The pistol is pretty wild looking...

As I recall, the pistol was handmade by Von Dutch himself.

Do you recall any more about it, Ron? Caliber, semi-auto, why/when he made it??? :confused:

I can't tell if this is the same one, but here's a leech from Cycle World, Nov 2010 -

Von Dutch also crafted guns and knives. This scratch-built .45-caliber black-powder pistol, a twin to one given to McQueen, sold for $14,040.

if you have some spare time ...
google image search for "von dutch pistol" turns up all sorts of interesting images/sites
using
https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&t...ed=0CAQQqi4oAg

samples
http://classictargetpistols.com/sche...ermany/venus/#
http://www.theworldsbestever.com/cat...ctible/page/6/
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/arc...p/t-61365.html
http://ringbellesonline.com/2014/02/...eme-wrestling/
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19466/lot/143/
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/9500/page21
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19466/lot/139/

and many more
enjoy
Bill