Hi,
The Russians weren't all that interested in denazification of the equipment they impounded. Doubs is correct that your gun doesn't have any offending marks to begin with, but my 1937 S/42 also shows no traces of removed markings.
This strengthens my belief that the Russians:
a: didn't disassemble and rebuild lugers like they did K98's.
b: didn't remove or retouch German markings.
As my S/42 was reblued later, I'm even speculating that the Russians didn't even bother to reblue them.
Disappearance of original grips appears to be the result of the storage/preservation methods used (dipping the whole lot in oil-filled barrels).
So apart from the tatty grips and the capture mark, my guess is that this luger is pretty much in the same state it was captured in.
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