My father's luger collection amassed over 50 years

[Michael Zeleny]

Originally Posted by Imperial Arms

Explain this baffling situation - why would the Russian military order a contract of Luger pistols specifically requesting for Bulgarian markings in addition to an emblem on the chamber that has no connection to the Russian empire? If the Russian contract Lugers have crossed rifles on the chamber, why not the AE Test Trial Lugers (for the cavalry) having crossed swords on the chamber?

A better analogy would be marking AE Lugers in Middle English with its thorns and wynns. But it is not something I would expect to be understood and appreciated by a monoglot.