Was intrigued by this thread and made a call to Simpsons. Seems that these two Lugers do come with official capture papers but that begs the question, how difficult would it be to counterfeit the capture papers? Have been seeing several Lugers and other Axis pistols of late purporting to have the "official capture papers". I too have items/weapons that my late Grandfather (34th ID, American Indian Thunderbirds) brought from Italy and France. But we don't have any "capture papers". Grandad just stuffed the damn things in his duffel and walked off the ship. Whether he was "legal" or not is moot, went on to serve in Japan during occupation there and then Korea.
IMHO since the requirement of import markings, there seems to be those who want to, and who are getting, a premium for ANY item not import marked. That leads down the road to fake documentation as how can you verify a 1945-46 Occupation Forces document? Simpsons staff didn't have the answer on that one either but they do guarantee authenticity as their policy. And yes, it seems that pricing HAS jumped appreciably in the last 3 months IMO. It may be that the oft mentioned $500.00 "shooter" Luger might be a thing of the past too.
As above...buy the gun, not the story. But you have to admit it is a pretty cool story.
Just my solicited .02.
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