I can provide a little more information regarding the Navy stock, from NZ in 2012, mentioned in Norme's post #81 above.
Right from the start it proved difficult to get firm opinions from local " Luger people"on the authenticity of this stock. In the end it was not described as Original or Authentic in the auction catalogue because some doubt remained and the reserve was accordingly set quite low. On auction day it sold for NZ$500 (around US$300 at the time) and my view is that the auction floor established the true value, as it should.
As a footnote, it was confirmed some time later that the stock had been imported into NZ in the 1970"s from Mr Shattuck in the US, together with the 1917 dated P04 which was auctioned on the same day.
Mark
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