What is a Collectable Luger

[Joe]

Art,

I always enjoy hearing that a particular Luger came from a captured high ranking German officer or a shot down fighter pilot. You just dont see pictures of high ranking officers wearing Lugers, they perferred carring .32 or .380 autos. A fighter pilot trying to bail out of this disabled aircraft with a Luger on his hip would be in an intersting situation, considering the "roomieness" of his cockpit.

I puchased a "nazi" Luger a few years ago from a guy in my town whoes father brought it back from the war. He even had a nice, detailed picture of his father holding the Luger, while standing next to a German "general". The only problem was the POW was an older sergeant and the Luger was dated 1920 by the Weimar government. The seller didn't like it when I told him the prisoner was only a sergeant and not a general as he had been told all of his life. He refused to believe it, as he thought only important military figures carried Lugers.