This post and the scholarship behind it remind me of a discussion my pal George Anderson and I had several years back. It could be loosely summed up as "The conventional wisdom developed and sometimes manufactured by collectors over the years is in liklihood substantially flawed if not completely incorrect."
I believe this to be the case particularly among American collectors who are not internet savvy.
You could not imagine the things "older" folks say when looking at my lugers for sale case at gunshows.
Tom A
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