Curious DWM Luger with a Crown on the receiver from TURKEY

[DavidJayUden]

The Istanbul t-shirt used in the background.
dju

[evrenay]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

The Istanbul t-shirt used in the background.
dju

It is not a t-shirt, it is a textile bag given to my wife by the German Consul of Istanbul (there was something inside, I can not remember now). I sometimes use the German flag as background, when I take photos of Lugers.

Dear Vlim,

so you mean that a low grade royal family bought this pistol and let the date be removed and stamped it with their own symbol (crown) ?

Actually, this crown looks really like the Erfurt Crown. At first sight I thought one of our North Anatolian gun smiths made a crown stamp and applied it on this pistol. However the crown is too good made to be fake (I suppose).

In other words, should we accept this gun as a royal family pistol, if yes can anyone help to find out to which royal family it belongs?

[Norme]

Hi Evren, My theory, for what it's worth, is that this Luger was one of a small lot made by DWM in 1912/13, with a generic crown stamped chamber, in the hope of securing a Turkish order. We could narrow down the production date if we knew whether this gun has a hold-open and stock lug. Regards, Norm