Age and worth

DonVoigt · 12-26-2016, 09:19 PM

I can't agree that it is a mixture of "finishes", it is likely as it was re-worked/re-barreled in about 1940.

The name on the bottom of the barrel is likely the re-furbisher, the E/N is the nitro proof of 1940 and the E/J is the re-work proof of the same era. Yes, it is a mixture of parts, but not in the normal sense, JMHO.

The piece is probably just like it left the work shop of the gunsmith/ re-bulder. We see others and the bigger retailers like Frankenschloss marked them with their own trademark.

It might appeal to a specialist collector of private sales/ownership pistols of the era; still not valuable - but interesting- at least to me.

12-26-2016, 09:19 PM	#10
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	I can't agree that it is a mixture of "finishes", it is likely as it was re-worked/re-barreled in about 1940. The name on the bottom of the barrel is likely the re-furbisher, the E/N is the nitro proof of 1940 and the E/J is the re-work proof of the same era. Yes, it is a mixture of parts, but not in the normal sense, JMHO. The piece is probably just like it left the work shop of the gunsmith/ re-bulder. We see others and the bigger retailers like Frankenschloss marked them with their own trademark. It might appeal to a specialist collector of private sales/ownership pistols of the era; still not valuable - but interesting- at least to me. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie