I am not so sure its a fake, but the finish looks like someone got to it with some "Skuff-Kote" The thing has certainly been the victim of the boot-polish boojum, which, for the uninitiated, is a terrible thing.
Boojum is a force in the universe that cannot be resisted. When Navy Luger boojum hits me, I am powerless...I just gots to buy me one and I do so with frequency such that my my children have no Christmas and my cats have no kitty treats. Boojum is an awesome force.
Ah, now that I have removed my aluminum foil hat and disconnected the C.I.A. communications nodes from my dental work, I will go back to looking for fine Navy lugers.
Tom A.
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