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tom · 01-21-2002, 01:05 AM

Folks,

Lest we get to sorting fly feces from pepper, prior to World War I, Mr Hans Tauscher was the exclusive distributor of Luger pistols to North America and South America. Tauscher had exclusive distributorship for the Americas that covered all DWM products. He was present and assisted during the Army test trials.

Firms such as Stoeger, Abercrombie and Fitch, Pacific Arms, von Lendkerke and detmold, etc could IMPORT, but the transaction had to go through Herr Tauscher, as he was the DWM representative and received a commission for each order.

Tauscher was a very flamboyant character, was married to a much younger woman stage star and generally "lived large".

He was interned during world War I as a suspected spy and lost his business, or at least the Luger/DWM portion as a result.

After the war, he was back in business in New York until 1938, at which time, he sold the business and returned to Germany, some think at the call of the Abwehr. From that point onwards, there are no records of which I am aware, that identify the ultimate fate of herr Tauscher.

I am very pleased to have among my Luger ephemera a number of Tauscher items, catalogues, flyers, mail circulars and at one time I owned the sign that was posted in his office window.

An interesting guy!

Just some trivia.

Tom

01-21-2002, 01:05 AM	#6
tom User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 269 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Luger Importer trivia Folks, Lest we get to sorting fly feces from pepper, prior to World War I, Mr Hans Tauscher was the exclusive distributor of Luger pistols to North America and South America. Tauscher had exclusive distributorship for the Americas that covered all DWM products. He was present and assisted during the Army test trials. Firms such as Stoeger, Abercrombie and Fitch, Pacific Arms, von Lendkerke and detmold, etc could IMPORT, but the transaction had to go through Herr Tauscher, as he was the DWM representative and received a commission for each order. Tauscher was a very flamboyant character, was married to a much younger woman stage star and generally "lived large". He was interned during world War I as a suspected spy and lost his business, or at least the Luger/DWM portion as a result. After the war, he was back in business in New York until 1938, at which time, he sold the business and returned to Germany, some think at the call of the Abwehr. From that point onwards, there are no records of which I am aware, that identify the ultimate fate of herr Tauscher. I am very pleased to have among my Luger ephemera a number of Tauscher items, catalogues, flyers, mail circulars and at one time I owned the sign that was posted in his office window. An interesting guy! Just some trivia. Tom

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