John,
Think "munging" says it all. FYI. back in 2000, I blew ten bucks and sent a "firearms inquiry" to the folks at Blue Book concerning this gun. It went nowhere and they gave up on it. Strangely enough, however, I found one gentleman with an identical piece after kicking it around through dealers all over the country, and he turned out to be a new collector with his first Luger who had just signed on to the forum. If Rick K. is still around, he has a virtual twin to mine, except his is a 1916 double date and mine is 1917.
Several of the dealer inquiries resulted in E-mails accusing me of trying to play games with a fraudulent piece. It cameas a relief to meet Rick and find a matching gun. Thanks for all the effort on this.
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