1906 AE question

[BILL]

Doug, the latest batch of pictures look a lot better than the first ones. I think it is really hard to judge a Luger by it's pictures (as is evidenced in the comments that were posted). As always, you are the final judge when it comes to paying for something. I don't think that you can discount this pistol too much for non-matching grips since either marked or unmarked are correct. If one were to replace the grips with a matching unmarked pair you would have an otherwise all matching pistol (you would never know that they weren't the actual grips that came on the pistol). I would probably be looking more at the back of the frame above the lanyard right behind the safety. That area has seen a few hard knocks (unless that also is the photo). Upon looking at the grip strap I believe that the bluing is original as I can see the reddish oxidation under the blue even in the photo. Good Luck.