value of 1915 Luger (told it was WWI Luftwaffe)

Roadkill · 08-02-2002, 10:36 AM

Sir, the odds of the pistol & holster remaining together are not as outlandish as might be expected.The overall situation is relevant. You have an excellent condition 1915 pistol with two matching magazines. This alone is not common. Then there is an excellent condition holster made for a specific unit in the right color and marked to a unit at that time. The German procurement system allowed units to obtain items from local authorized contractors for that specific unit. If it were a well used pistol in an excellent holster or excellent pistol in a worn holster it would be different. But the condition of both are parallel and the two matching magazines only adds to the postitive aspect. Where do you keep an extra magazine? In the holster. Pistol gets lost or reissued or holster destroyed the extra magazine is separated and now there is only the one in the pistol. Then the fact of your father obtaining it. It could be a US military authority bring back which he obtained. Definite? nope. Possible? yes. Check holster carefully. Some were serial numbered to the gun.

RK

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08-02-2002, 10:36 AM	#6
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Sir, the odds of the pistol & holster remaining together are not as outlandish as might be expected.The overall situation is relevant. You have an excellent condition 1915 pistol with two matching magazines. This alone is not common. Then there is an excellent condition holster made for a specific unit in the right color and marked to a unit at that time. The German procurement system allowed units to obtain items from local authorized contractors for that specific unit. If it were a well used pistol in an excellent holster or excellent pistol in a worn holster it would be different. But the condition of both are parallel and the two matching magazines only adds to the postitive aspect. Where do you keep an extra magazine? In the holster. Pistol gets lost or reissued or holster destroyed the extra magazine is separated and now there is only the one in the pistol. Then the fact of your father obtaining it. It could be a US military authority bring back which he obtained. Definite? nope. Possible? yes. Check holster carefully. Some were serial numbered to the gun. RK