1906 Portugese army crest removed

[pgalloway]

Hello out there in Luger world.

This is my first post and I'm amazed at the knowledge base on this forum. Wish I had discovered it sooner.

So I recently acquired a 1906 Portugese Army with the M2 crest removed. According to my research it is serialiized and marked correctly for this model and several of these are reported with the crest removed.

Mine is certainly a re-do, although very well done. There is no attempt to hide the fact that the crest was removed as the bluing in this area clearly is different from the rest of the receiver.

My question is: How typical is the removal of the crest? Even if it was in original condition, would this relegate it to a "shooter"?

Thanks for your input.