2 numbers on my 1920 Commercial Breechblock?

DonVoigt · 02-12-2018, 01:31 PM

"what are the odds the pistol and holster were actually taken from a German as a pair?"
I'd have to say very low; sounds like one of those "confused" stories.

HerrKaiser · 02-12-2018, 01:49 PM

That was something I figured as soon as I saw the export stamp. The fact it was a commercial issue didn't bother me, in fact that script S in the frame could also mean that it was issued to a staff officer IIRC, but the export stamp tells me that it was shipped out in the 20's for private sale abroad. The closest thing I could think of is that a German family bought it in the states and then emigrated back to Hitler's Reich and became an officer and kept the pistol, but that seems incredibly far fetched. Either way, $1500 for the Luger and the holster together is more than enough of a bargain for me, regardless of backstory.

02-12-2018, 01:31 PM	#1
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	"what are the odds the pistol and holster were actually taken from a German as a pair?" I'd have to say very low; sounds like one of those "confused" stories. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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02-12-2018, 01:49 PM	#2
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 891 Thanks: 839 Thanked 905 Times in 438 Posts	That was something I figured as soon as I saw the export stamp. The fact it was a commercial issue didn't bother me, in fact that script S in the frame could also mean that it was issued to a staff officer IIRC, but the export stamp tells me that it was shipped out in the 20's for private sale abroad. The closest thing I could think of is that a German family bought it in the states and then emigrated back to Hitler's Reich and became an officer and kept the pistol, but that seems incredibly far fetched. Either way, $1500 for the Luger and the holster together is more than enough of a bargain for me, regardless of backstory.