Persian 4" Mauser Luger

[Maestro]

Alvin, I'm not aware of the pistol to be for sale. This one particular Luger was a thread that was written in 2010 that I came across as I was researching more regards to this particular contract as Gary states very well in his quote above.

Apparently, this Luger may have been the heirloom, passed from father to son, engraved by "E.Dupont";

year, make, or model is no longer important. the gun is worth the money . it is now just a platform on which the artwork has been done. DuPont was a famous french engraver but died in 1897 i think. perhaps one or more of his students did it as a tribute to him.

other believe

The pistol was part of a 1936/37 Mauser contract for the Iranian government. The engraving, though very well executed, was done in the 1970's or later when the pistols were sold as surplus by the Iranian government. The engraving detracts from the value considerably.

The R.W. Norton Gallery in Shreveport, Louisiana has one of the two known original .45 ACP Lugers. Shreveport, Louisiana was also the home of E.C. Prudhomme who was a professional wrestler turned gun engraver. E.C. became a master engraver, and Mr. Norton liked his work. Among the pistols in the Norton Gallery collection are everything from a High Standard Sentinel to a Borchardt C-93 that was engraved by Prudhomme. It is the consensus of collectors that the value of the Borchardt has been severely diminished by the engraving, even as professionally as it was executed. There is just no way you can take an antique pistol of considerable value, strip it, engrave it, and expect it to double in value.
Even with the engraved pistols in the Norton Gallery, it is still comforting to know that Mr. Norton did not have the big .45 Luger engraved.

the following picture is another i found, however, not certain if its Persian Contract or not; maybe just engraved Luger.

I agree with Gary. Myself, personally, if this was around I'd love to have it