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Ron Wood · 09-02-2003, 05:45 PM

Sgt Art,

One of the units that has been identified as a possibility for the Death Head Luger is the "Flammenwerfer" or flamethrower units that had the Death Head as part of their official or unofficial insignia. It has been postulated that the lazy "S" is a stylized representation of the pattern of the flame from a flamethrower as it is swept across a target.

09-02-2003, 05:45 PM	#72
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Sgt Art, One of the units that has been identified as a possibility for the Death Head Luger is the "Flammenwerfer" or flamethrower units that had the Death Head as part of their official or unofficial insignia. It has been postulated that the lazy "S" is a stylized representation of the pattern of the flame from a flamethrower as it is swept across a target. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction