1939 Banner Army

DavidJayUden · 06-18-2009, 12:48 AM

I dunno. This is either an amazingly well preserved piece, or one that went thru re-hab. The magazine bodies show some wear/rust/use, but not the gun? The suffix script on one mag, and the font, does not match the other. No bluing loss on the back of the frame from the toggle? There is no cross line on the bottom of the "1" on the front of the frame (and a suspect suffix) or on one of the mags.
My vote is a restored/renumbered gun.
Now everyone can fawn over it and tell me what an idiot I am.
Value can only be assigned once originality has been established.
DJU

06-18-2009, 12:48 AM	#3
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I dunno. This is either an amazingly well preserved piece, or one that went thru re-hab. The magazine bodies show some wear/rust/use, but not the gun? The suffix script on one mag, and the font, does not match the other. No bluing loss on the back of the frame from the toggle? There is no cross line on the bottom of the "1" on the front of the frame (and a suspect suffix) or on one of the mags. My vote is a restored/renumbered gun. Now everyone can fawn over it and tell me what an idiot I am. Value can only be assigned once originality has been established. DJU