Thanks again to all who posted.
Yes, I DO appreciate these fine guns, and have waited all my life to own them.
They are not for sale at this time, but one never knows what the future brings, now, do we?
I appreciate that my family member lived on a shoestring, so that I could inherit this collection intact, when it would have been very easy for them to sell one or two off the top to ensure them a comfortable old age.
This kind of family loyalty is unheard of these days, and I respect it beyond words.
I look through these guns, and I see history....of my family, as each was brought home and rejoiced over...of Germany, as wars came and went and were lost... and of the makers and proof stampers, whose work is memorialized forever in these magnificent pieces of art and function.
Yes, Lugers are truly "history written in steel" for all those wise enough to read the steel.
Thanks to all for the kindness shown.
A post will be made to the appropriate area on that Simson for Mr. Tinker soon.
It is a honey.
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