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Are Nazi Death Head Lugers authentic or are they just a way to sell a mixmaster?
I saw one on GI months ago and it looks like it's still there. ![]() Last edited by Fla.Mallard; 10-17-2020 at 09:03 PM. |
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What do you consider 'authentic'???
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Did they really exist with the skull engraving during WW2?
That is my definition of authentic. http://forum.lugerforum.com/album.ph...pictureid=3864 |
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I would imagine that they existed somewhere during WW2, but not necessarily with the Wehrmacht (or SS).. I am a member of the camp that believes in the Freikorps explanation, as expressed by Ron Wood. Again, photos exist of the post-WW1 Flammenwerfer Totenkopf insignia/logo painted on their trucks. I also believe there were some excellent copies made. ![]() Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances. ![]()
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I do not think they are Nazi guns...my opinion is that they are Weimar era Freikorps flamethrower unit guns. There are several variants of the marking and, of course, a lot of fakes to do exactly what you suggest, sell mixmasters. For the ones that I think might be legitimate I believe they were from the flammenwerfer platoon of the Freikorps "Minenwerfer Heuschkel" detachment. The sleeve badge of the detachment featured a skull and crossbones. It is my thought that the guns carried by the flamethrower platoon were marked with a "lazy S" surmounting the skull and crossbones, the lazy S representing the pattern of the sweep of the flamethrower.
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![]() I'd buy one, if the price was right and it looked 'authentic' (your word). I'd even buy a known fake if it was well done. ![]()
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This topic has been debated here so many times, and in addition to what Ron said
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