1920 Commercial

[saxman]

How about this one? My stepson recently inherited a commercial Luger with no date. It's a DWM (on the toggle), .30 cal., 4" barrel, ser. no. 73xx (on barrel and frame) with no other numbers showing. It has a nickel-plated mag with wood base marked 'Germany'. 'Germany' is also across front of frame beneath barrel. Has the crown over N marks. Gun is completely original and we believe his uncle bought it new and kept it his whole life. From what I have already learned on this site, it is probably a 1923 commercial Luger for export, and sold here in the U.S. Can anyone elaborate on this and perhaps date it by the ser. no.? Were these made new at that time or were they refurbished military pistols? I don't see how it could be military with no numbers on the parts and no evidence of buffing-out. It looks like the trigger and other normally strawed parts were strawed, but appear mostly devoid of any finish now. The pistol has about 80% apparently original blue on it and seems to be very tight and solid. Finally, are these pretty common, or is this an unusual example? Thanks for any info.