Navy Lugers are the rarest since most went down with the boat they were on!
The only gun I own that I would never part with is the one my father captured in WW2 and brought home. He left it to me when he passed away several years ago.
A mis-matched 1937 - S/42... a real soldier's sidearm. A real piece of my father's history.
I was told by some of my father's platoon that while interrogating the soldier he took it from he threatened that he would shoot him with his own pistol if he didn't tell my Dad what he wanted to know... (I don't think he really would have done that, but he was a very persuasive person!)
it is my favorite gun, and he was my favorite Hero... a photo of the gun isn't possible at the moment... but a photo of my father in 1943 is...
2nd Lt. John Sabato
E-Co, 39th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Division
Bronze Star and 2 Purple Hearts
Algeria-French Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
Northern France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
1919-2005
...visit this website and you can learn more about him...
http://www.ww2survivorstories.com and click on the link entitled The Veterans...