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http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=3508185
Check it out, a few days ago this came up. Real or not? Why would there be the DH mark on a 1918 gun? Little before its time? Roadkill |
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1917 & 1918 Erfurts and DWMS had this marking, but many on the market are not the original deal! Jan Still has some pictures of these in his books! Thor
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1918 is OK. The Death Head Lugers are WWI or later Freikorps. The Death Head isn't just a WWII insignia. Current guess is that they were WWI Flammenwerfer (flamethrower) issue. There was an earlier thread on this particular gun. I have one dated 1913 and have seen pictures of 1915, 1917 and 1918, both Erfurt and DWM.
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Ralph had (has?)a 1918 Erfurt DH for sale when we were in Phoenix.
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Check out the Mauser Bump at the rear of the toggle life ramps...
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You got sharp eyes there John! Thor
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The trigger is blued not white/strawed
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Is it real or not?
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But the lower half is from a post 1937 Mauser and I think it is a parts gun...
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The receiver is Erfurt and looks fairly authentic for a Death Head. Wish there was a picture of the toggle assembly. It definately is a parts gun as John Sabato observed, but then a lot of Death Head Lugers are parts guns. Unfortunately, there are a number of fakes too. To my eye, the receiver is a "real" Death Head FWIW.
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