Another New Guy With A Luger

[170bcuda]

Hey everybody,
My story is the same, like all my baby boomer brethren whose fathers fought in WWII and brought back a luger, I had one handed down to me. Luckily my dad is still alive and this particular pistol he took from a German Major when 94th Inf Div assaulted the Siegfried line at the Switch. His squad overran an artillery position, and captured several prisoners. My dad says the officer was pretty arrogant and my dad remembers he insisted he was a German officer not a Nazi. Dad remembered he was an older guy, but when youâ??re 18, 25 is old

Now for the luger. Iâ??m a total luger newbie; Iâ??ve just begun my research, so bear with me.

This pistol has a short barrel with the numbers 1911 stamped on the frame just before the barrel. It has a serial number 9156 stamped on the left fwd portion of the frame. There is a crown and the word Erfurt stamped on the toggle.

On the bottom of the barrel, 9156 is also stamped along with 8.82 stamped underneath it. The numbers â??56â?� with some sort of letter with a crown is stamped on every piece on this pistol. So it appears to be numbers matching

On the right fwd side of the frame opposite the 9156 are what looks like the letters C S R with what looks like crowns followed by some sort of eagle.

I have two clips with this pistol; they have wooden butt plates with numbers on them I can vaguely make out.

On the lower leg of the trigger guard near the end of the clip are the numbers 143.R.10.5.

The grips are wooded and of course dirty. The bluing is pretty much intact. Donâ??t have the flap holster it was in at the time of capture. My dad was more concerned with disarming the prisoners, securing the area and the luger. He remembered it was brown.

So thatâ??s my story. Iâ??ll post up some pics as soon as I can. Any help or info to point me in the right direction is greatly appreciatedâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦.170bcuda