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Sergio Natali · 07-19-2015, 12:52 PM

Sean

Welcome to this Forum of Luger enthusiasts.

In a few words a so called "double dated Luger" in most cases means that the gun received the 1920 'date' as some sort of "Government acceptance marking", (Reichswehr 1920 property stamp) to show it belonged to the German Army State, the stamp. Quoting J. Gortz: " On 7 August 1920 a new aw on disarming of the people was published effective 15 Sept 1929 to 1 March 1921 This Law required all Germans to hand in to the Government all military arms stolen from the government in he years immediately following WWI

In some cases the 1920 Reichswehr stamp was aplied to guns manufactured long after 1921 so there are so many variables of double dates and one variable will make one model worth less, and another worth more than another.

These guns are not rare, still they are some sort of silent witnesses of a troubled era.

Sergio

07-19-2015, 12:52 PM	#4
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Sean Welcome to this Forum of Luger enthusiasts. In a few words a so called "double dated Luger" in most cases means that the gun received the 1920 'date' as some sort of "Government acceptance marking", (Reichswehr 1920 property stamp) to show it belonged to the German Army State, the stamp. Quoting J. Gortz: " On 7 August 1920 a new aw on disarming of the people was published effective 15 Sept 1929 to 1 March 1921 This Law required all Germans to hand in to the Government all military arms stolen from the government in he years immediately following WWI In some cases the 1920 Reichswehr stamp was aplied to guns manufactured long after 1921 so there are so many variables of double dates and one variable will make one model worth less, and another worth more than another. These guns are not rare, still they are some sort of silent witnesses of a troubled era. Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.