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I hope to get some help identifying this Luger . A friend of mine purchased two Lugers , this one of them. I know it is going to be hard to say anything from picture only. I will welcome any comments.
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Hi Chris,
Welcome. It looks like a nice and original 1918 DWM (Deutsche Waffenund Munitionsfabriken). Imperial. The Death's Head is often touted as an SS or Concetration camp emblem. In actuality it is most likely a Freikorps (post WWI) Nationalist Militia emblem. There is also a thought that it is a Flamethrower unit marking. There are some who believe that they are all fakes. I don't necessarily agree with this theory. There are a great number of these floating around that have been faked and promoted as SS pistols. I'm not an expert on DH marks, but this one looks original. Ron
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Hello Ron.Thank You for Your reply.As a said before a good friend of mine bought it (he ownes a gun store)He is a good man and before he sells it he wanted to check its originality.He is not a member of the forum so I am kind of doing his homework.If anyone (member )is interested I can give his number to discussed the details and he will be happy to answer Your questions.I will also try to post a nice double date here ( for me it is learning expirence) so please comment on it .REgards Kris
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Here are the pics of double date Luger.Please let me know what you think.
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1320???
That's the earliest property mark I've ever seen. ![]() Probably a broken die or a drunken German. It was put into Police service during the Weimar era.
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Can you tell us where or what state the death head came from? This one looks good to me.
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hello.Thank You for Your replies.Both guns came from a collection in NJ I think.Here is the number to the store and recent owner:JIM ....973 942 64 64.His store is open from 10 am and his long days are on wed and friday.Good luck.REgards Kris
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