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Pete Ebbink · 01-24-2008, 08:04 PM

9 mm M1906 carbine with reported Spanish markings on this old auction site...about 1/3 down the page....with a C suffix after the SN :

http://www.scotarms.co.uk/catalogues/656.htm

Here is the text :

" Lot No. 500 An IMPORTANT and probably UNIQUE Presentation 9mm Model 1906 (New Model) Luger carbine, Serial No. 26506C (matching) with exceptional matching number shoulder stock. The heavy tapered barrel with ramped foresight, standard 300M tangent rearsight and gold inlaid in the German "Jugendstil" (Art Nouveau) pattern with an angel surrounded by scrolling foliage and inscribed in Spanish - RECUERDO DEL INVENTOR Y DE LA MANUFACTURA D.W.M. BERLIN 9 JULIO 1912 - (Souverier of the inventor and the manufacturer D.W.M. Berlin 9 July 1912) over the chamber. The toggle with D.W.M. motif grip safety and chequered walnut grips. Complete with its original superbly figured stock being cut out of the heart of a burr walnut showing a magnificent flame pattern on both sides. The crown over 'N' German commercial proofing shows the gun to have been finished after this new nitro proof mark was introduced in 1911, despite the serial number indicating production, possibly originally as a prototype ca.1906. Accompanied by a letter from the Argentine Ministry of Justice stating the pistol to have been the personal property of Dr. Roque Sanez Pena (President of Argentina 1910-1914), and confirming no State interest in the weapon. This is both a mechanically exceptionally rare carbine variant and an historically important presentation piece from Georg Luger himself to the President of Argentina. "

(Sorry...this is the best I could do with the small, single jpeg the auction site offered...)

01-24-2008, 08:04 PM	#68
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	9 mm M1906 carbine with reported Spanish markings on this old auction site...about 1/3 down the page....with a C suffix after the SN : http://www.scotarms.co.uk/catalogues/656.htm Here is the text : " Lot No. 500 An IMPORTANT and probably UNIQUE Presentation 9mm Model 1906 (New Model) Luger carbine, Serial No. 26506C (matching) with exceptional matching number shoulder stock. The heavy tapered barrel with ramped foresight, standard 300M tangent rearsight and gold inlaid in the German "Jugendstil" (Art Nouveau) pattern with an angel surrounded by scrolling foliage and inscribed in Spanish - RECUERDO DEL INVENTOR Y DE LA MANUFACTURA D.W.M. BERLIN 9 JULIO 1912 - (Souverier of the inventor and the manufacturer D.W.M. Berlin 9 July 1912) over the chamber. The toggle with D.W.M. motif grip safety and chequered walnut grips. Complete with its original superbly figured stock being cut out of the heart of a burr walnut showing a magnificent flame pattern on both sides. The crown over 'N' German commercial proofing shows the gun to have been finished after this new nitro proof mark was introduced in 1911, despite the serial number indicating production, possibly originally as a prototype ca.1906. Accompanied by a letter from the Argentine Ministry of Justice stating the pistol to have been the personal property of Dr. Roque Sanez Pena (President of Argentina 1910-1914), and confirming no State interest in the weapon. This is both a mechanically exceptionally rare carbine variant and an historically important presentation piece from Georg Luger himself to the President of Argentina. " (Sorry...this is the best I could do with the small, single jpeg the auction site offered...)