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05-26-2019, 04:11 PM
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Hi Dennis,
Welcome to the forum! There are two schools of thought regarding the Death Head markings. One school insists that they are all fake, the other that some few are authentic and the rest fake. For some reason all the folks that own one of these guns firmly believe that their's is one of the genuine ones. As a non-partial observer I have to agree with Don, yours looks fake. Regards, Norm |
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05-26-2019, 05:54 PM
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the 1915 Death Head in my post does belong to me, and I still think it and most(if not all) DH lugers in circulation are fake!  It is surely odd that no DH lugers have surfaced in Europe, all have been found in the US(at least that is the "report"). I strongly suspect they were made by the luger Mafia, though I have heard the story that some dozen or two were created in Germany for export to the gullible US collectors. 
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05-26-2019, 06:19 PM
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Luger mafia?
Luger mafia?????????????
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05-26-2019, 07:33 PM
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a derogatory term for craftsmen faking scarce or even fantasy lugers for profit. "They" appear to have been in existence and operation since the end of WWII!  Since the term"mafia" is not PC, my apologies in advance to anyone offended. 
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05-26-2019, 08:13 PM
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Not offended
Not offended at all- just didn't know the term. Mike
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05-27-2019, 05:17 AM
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At least the 95% of the Lugers in the hands of collectors in this Country has been imported from Germany, the collectors here are very few, and Luger collectors fewer still; so in my opinion Italy would be of no interest for any faker, especially of Lugers. IMHO
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05-26-2019, 06:44 PM
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05-26-2019, 07:30 PM
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But for sure this pantographed one is in Europe- but looks nothing like the "usual" DH; maybe it is a "real" original! 
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