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I would love to write a couple of pages on the KU but it would still not clear up the origins so I'll spare everyone the pain. I've heard this costal police theory before and it makes no more sense to me now than it did then...(about 0). The theory mentioned by Kenyon was the Air Sea Rescue or coastal Flying service...I'm really not sure that these last two even existed as dedicated organizations (maybe ad hoc?) but I do know they were not stand alone independent services that could level contracts on their own for military weapons during the Third Reich. My KU also does not bear a serial number on the barrel or the rear toggle link. It is however 100% period original and was made without those numbers...it may (was) made of Mauser parts be I am convinced that is was not assembled by Mauser and may not have been assembled at any real firearms factory but at someplace of lower echelon...ie arsenal...who knows?

I'm not convinced they were made for the Luftwaffe either but I do agree the inspector proofs are of the Luftwaffe style. Until real evidence is found the theories will abound but I would use real caution in what I believed. I will state that the KU Lugers are the most mysterious and interesting (in how they were assembled) that any other type of German Military Luger that I have seen.