SS Officer Nickle Plated Luger

[G.T.]

A life long friend of mine has a Luger that his father brought back from WW2, I always wanted to buy it if possible, because it had the most beautiful dark walnut grips I have ever seen on a P.08, but it was always intended for the family, and that is where it stayed. His father would drag it out on special occasions and tell stories about his time overseas, It seems he spoke perfect German and was quickly put to use to interogate prisoners right behind the front, he had tons of stuff, collected off these prisoners...but the only items that made it back was what he could carry, and this luger was one of them! I remember it very well....it was a 1918/1920 double date with an old nickle finish...the top half and the bottom half were different serials, but all the numbers matched on there prospective assemblies....the clip matched the frame, and by the numbers and markings it appeared to have originally been a navy....at the time we had surmized that the nickle had been done to protect it...in the salt/sea environment..

the way he got it was the way we saw it...he kept it because it was unusual and nothing more.....we never did shoot it, but from that time on, I have had a little soft spot for the old nickle white widows! till...later....G.T.