Obviously the seller or this item appears ignorant of AE Lugers in general and this item in particular. Imagine confusing the eagle crest with the "crest of Mexico"! I posted on the Forum some time ago a similar 1900 that still resides in Mike Krause's shop here in San Mateo. It has the same marking on the barrel top and is not reblued. It's in pretty lousy shape and the machanism is very loose. Would hate to see what happened if it had a 7.65 round put through it! The only response I received was that Krause's particular 1900 did NOT have the police marking when it was imported into the USA. Presumably, several "surplus" 1900 AE's were sold to the police force of Guadalajara and ended up this way. How many, no one apparently knows as no further replies came forth to my posting.
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