To John Sabato/photos
Attempted to post photo below, these were made as a aftermarket item in Germany,the one pictured is in Sterling
silver fitted to a Astra 400{1921}.I believe these were
special ordered for presentation purposes.I dont have a photo of the Luger device,however it probably closely resembles the Astra device.I am guesing the mid 1930"s,
and I have lost the name ,however it was a famous jewler in Berlin. He also made other itms of weapons related interest,
using Silver / nickle combination of metals.
It is my personal opinon, I highly dought the item shown
on E-bay came out of a ww2 time weapons factory or earlier.
I am more inclined to think it is post 1950/job shop.A lot
of imformation I have collated came from my dad who was a
Ww2 combat veteran who served Germany and other countries.
He was in some captured arms factorys in Suhl,and another
friend of his helped blow open a safe in a luftwaffe factory.Gotta go eat dinner now, hope this helps some.
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