[Luke]

drbuster -

Thank you for the comment. I have wondered ever since I bought this Navy.

I bought it from FGS (Doug Smith) only after I spent an hour on the phone with Doug discussing the gun. He told me that he had knowledge of this Luger in that he had sold it to a collector many years ago, and that collector had recently traded it back on a 1908 Navy. I am about as certain of this Navy as any I have seen, but always wondered about the "GERMANY" marking on the barrel.

Big Norm -

Your observations about British proof marks and the "GERMANY" export mark and their relation to price help to confirm my belief when I bought this Navy. The gun was so good, otherwise, that I was pretty confident that the export mark would not have much effect on its value in the long run.

Regards,
Luke