1918 Luger #5974

Newowner · 07-21-2010, 03:49 PM

I have recently inherited a Luger and am in the process of writing up the guns' history as told to me by my father, as told to him by his uncle after WWII. The gun has a rectangle cut out area on the handle where it is reported that there was an engraving/picture/image of the officer's wife and child. Customs made my great uncle rip out the image and throw if overboard upon his return to the US, along with the magazine and ammo.

I have not seen this in any other images of Lugers on the web, can anyone tell me more about this, is it common, are there examples of what it might look like intact? Does anyone else have a gun like this
Thank you!
~M. Gipson

07-21-2010, 03:49 PM	#1
Newowner New User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1918 Luger #5974 I have recently inherited a Luger and am in the process of writing up the guns' history as told to me by my father, as told to him by his uncle after WWII. The gun has a rectangle cut out area on the handle where it is reported that there was an engraving/picture/image of the officer's wife and child. Customs made my great uncle rip out the image and throw if overboard upon his return to the US, along with the magazine and ammo. I have not seen this in any other images of Lugers on the web, can anyone tell me more about this, is it common, are there examples of what it might look like intact? Does anyone else have a gun like this Thank you! ~M. Gipson