People who have never bothered to do any research get sucked in by fraudsters who peddle items reportedly from the SS. These people are so armored by any SS items they lose all the common sense and pay big $$.
This displayed rig is another example. Just put a "death Head on the pistol's grip or on a holster and it instantly become a former SS item and the price escalates. The SS had very limited access to acquire Lugers, as the army had the contract with Mauser and controlled the World War 1 surplus kept in armories. Members of the SS didn't decorate their weapons with "death head" pins. Most of those and other pins found on various holsters were placed there by GIs after capture.
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