Little extra info. Thanks to the gang on the forum back in 2000, we concluded my luger was indeed a Krieghoff rework due to the horizonal crown N's on the right side of the receiver and frame rail. Apparently it started life as a DMW artillary, went through one re-work where the barrel was replaced with a 4" 9MM and a new rear sight to compensate for the loss of the normal artillary sight. The new rear sight, by the way, is stamped with the crown RC. This first re-work may have been by Krieghoff as their Lazy N was also stamped on the breech block,barrel, and front toggle link and may have been intended for commercial use. It was, however, apparently confiscated by the military, receiving the '1920' acceptance mark and then the S.P.D. of the Dresden police. Sometime later, it was re-worked again, this time with the buffing heavily defacing all the Krieghoff markings except those on the right side. This may have been done by the police in the late 20's or early 30's. No Nazi or W.W. II markings are on it, so it can be assumed that it remained with the Dresden police. Have only found 3 others of these throughout many years of searching with both Krieghoff and military markings and no "Krieghoff" stamping on the receiver. All W.W. I markings, imperial eagles, inspectors marks, serials, etc. are sharp and clear. As on the original post, since firearms cataloges seem to make no mention of this Krieghoff varient, I was wondering when or if Krieghoff did any re-works for the Weimar military. All info is greatly appreciated.
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