is this marking "real"

Ron Wood · 02-09-2008, 08:29 PM

This was not a military, police or any other official marking. It is a personal embellishment added by a party unknown at an indeterminate time. It would not have been added to an active duty military or police weapon. General Officers on both sides had some leeway on personal weapon "enhancement" (e.g. General Patton's sidearms) but it is highly unlikely that this was the personal weapon of a high ranking SS, or any other branch, officer,

02-09-2008, 08:29 PM	#6
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	This was not a military, police or any other official marking. It is a personal embellishment added by a party unknown at an indeterminate time. It would not have been added to an active duty military or police weapon. General Officers on both sides had some leeway on personal weapon "enhancement" (e.g. General Patton's sidearms) but it is highly unlikely that this was the personal weapon of a high ranking SS, or any other branch, officer, __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction