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Edward Tinker · 11-02-2011, 10:47 PM

Mike, there are guys on here who have seen thousands of lugers.

I have never seen a german eagle marked there on the trigger guard before, WW1 markings yes.

The sideplate is a WW1

The gun may be mismatched because your dad and another guy got their parts mixed up or it may very well be that a luger was put together by a german armorer on the front before D-Day, although unsure why a luger would be made from 2-4 gun parts that early during the invasion. Anything is possible.

I would like to put this into vol III if you'd like, I give credit to the original author, just would need hi-rez photos sent to my email, 3-4 photos of the gun and other items and any info (like above)

email is ed_tinker@hotmail.com
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11-02-2011, 10:47 PM	#16
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	Mike, there are guys on here who have seen thousands of lugers. I have never seen a german eagle marked there on the trigger guard before, WW1 markings yes. The sideplate is a WW1 The gun may be mismatched because your dad and another guy got their parts mixed up or it may very well be that a luger was put together by a german armorer on the front before D-Day, although unsure why a luger would be made from 2-4 gun parts that early during the invasion. Anything is possible. I would like to put this into vol III if you'd like, I give credit to the original author, just would need hi-rez photos sent to my email, 3-4 photos of the gun and other items and any info (like above) email is ed_tinker@hotmail.com . . __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV