Important Luger Auction Soon!

Imperial Arms · 08-07-2008, 11:37 PM

There exists correspondence from DWM to A. F. Stoeger in the form of a telegram dated between Feb-March 1922 showing that George Loewe and Max Kosegarten were directors at the DWM factory. I am curious to find out when George Loewe was born and when he joined DWM management. I have a second belief that the 'GL' hallmark on presentation and test Lugers is that of George Loewe and not necessarily Georg Luger even though Georg had some movement in the DWM factory. It is possible that an inventor working in a factory would not be authorized to hand out presentation pistols to any person he so wishes. I suppose that these pistols had to be approved from a person at a higher level of management.

It is known that Georg Luger and Hugo Borchardt had a strained relationship in the DWM factory, so why would Georg present a special carbine to a person who disliked him? Instead it is likely that the presentation carbine was given by George Loewe to Hugo and hallmarked with his initials 'GL'. I notice that the plack on the case only has a 'B' character, and if the the chamber happens to have the initials 'HB', who is to say that it is Hugo Borchardt when there is no documentary proof?

Alvin, to my surprise, the 6-Shot Cone Hammer was purchased from a collector in Argentina in the past year. I reckon that it may fetch around the figure of $16k-$17k. Many years ago, I remember a similar 6-Shot fetching around $25k, but the market today with Broomhandles is unpredictable. I notice that the Standard 10-Shot Cone Hammers are more in demand even though the 6-Shot is a rarer model.

Albert

08-07-2008, 11:37 PM	#15
Imperial Arms Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Malta, EU Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	There exists correspondence from DWM to A. F. Stoeger in the form of a telegram dated between Feb-March 1922 showing that George Loewe and Max Kosegarten were directors at the DWM factory. I am curious to find out when George Loewe was born and when he joined DWM management. I have a second belief that the 'GL' hallmark on presentation and test Lugers is that of George Loewe and not necessarily Georg Luger even though Georg had some movement in the DWM factory. It is possible that an inventor working in a factory would not be authorized to hand out presentation pistols to any person he so wishes. I suppose that these pistols had to be approved from a person at a higher level of management. It is known that Georg Luger and Hugo Borchardt had a strained relationship in the DWM factory, so why would Georg present a special carbine to a person who disliked him? Instead it is likely that the presentation carbine was given by George Loewe to Hugo and hallmarked with his initials 'GL'. I notice that the plack on the case only has a 'B' character, and if the the chamber happens to have the initials 'HB', who is to say that it is Hugo Borchardt when there is no documentary proof? Alvin, to my surprise, the 6-Shot Cone Hammer was purchased from a collector in Argentina in the past year. I reckon that it may fetch around the figure of $16k-$17k. Many years ago, I remember a similar 6-Shot fetching around $25k, but the market today with Broomhandles is unpredictable. I notice that the Standard 10-Shot Cone Hammers are more in demand even though the 6-Shot is a rarer model. Albert