I already own one but there is a running dispute over inventory markings on the toe which this one has and the other as mine have no inventory marking. Inventory numbers I assume were not required as is a serial number under French law. Bob Simpson wrote me about the French contract luger being offered on his site. Like mine it has no such toe markings and the serial number fall within the accepted range. A position taken by some is that all unmarked French lugers are fake or forgeries!!. I believe that during the years of production there were many orders by several vendors, some orders were marked others not! I believe this absence of an optional non required proof alone is not in an of itself determinative validity. I can't belive there are so many forgeries! Apart fron that nuance they all appear alike as offered above! Its still opens debate! Finally I can't see the some Frenchman would take time to duplicate when originals were probobly cheeper and much easier to purchase from a vendor. It was my first luger and the most facinating forgery???~~~Eric
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