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Sergio Natali · 12-14-2014, 02:36 PM

Welcome to this site made by LUGER enthusiasts.

First of all, lucky you, you got a lovely Christmas present I would say!

It's a 7,65 Parabellum made around 1920's so short after Versailes Treaty that as a consequence of the WWI forbid Germany to build handguns with caliber bigger than 8mm and barrels longer than 10 cm.
Although not that rare, these LUGERS like yours were mainly made for the foreign commercial market.
Those should be the last LUGERS made by DWM (that in 1922 became BKIW and with warehouse remnants assembled "Swiss Comercial" Lugers 1920/1923 with the Swiss "sun in burst" marking and 12-15 cm long barrels.)

Sergio

12-14-2014, 02:36 PM	#7
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Welcome to this site made by LUGER enthusiasts. First of all, lucky you, you got a lovely Christmas present I would say! It's a 7,65 Parabellum made around 1920's so short after Versailes Treaty that as a consequence of the WWI forbid Germany to build handguns with caliber bigger than 8mm and barrels longer than 10 cm. Although not that rare, these LUGERS like yours were mainly made for the foreign commercial market. Those should be the last LUGERS made by DWM (that in 1922 became BKIW and with warehouse remnants assembled "Swiss Comercial" Lugers 1920/1923 with the Swiss "sun in burst" marking and 12-15 cm long barrels.) Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.