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Unread 07-05-2011, 04:28 PM   #1
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Is there anyway to determine how early out of the 10,000 that this one specifically came? Being that you've only seen 3 or 4 of these, does that make this a somewhat rare or unique pistol?
It does make it somewhat rare, but adds little value. 1921 production Army Lugers are scarce, in that they only produced about 10,000 while other years were produced in the Tens of thousands. I would guess that yours was actually made in 1919 or possibly 1920, but wasn't re-worked or issued until early 1921 for the Army contract.

The problem is that they only appeal to a small segment of collectors. So, they have only the value put on them by those interested collectors. They don't carry the War history of WWI, or the Nazi mystique of WWII. Although they are rich in history, if and when time is taken to do the research.

If more people realized or studied what took place in Weimar Germany. They would be more interested.

Unit marks add some value in most cases. I've owned 12 unit marked 1921 Reichswehr Lugers.

The era they represent, 1921-1933 Weimar , is much more interesting to me now, than either WWI or WWII. And I have been a War nut since I was very young.

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Unread 07-05-2011, 06:16 PM   #2
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If more people realized or studied what took place in Weimar Germany. They would be more interested.
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....If more people realized or studied what took place in Weimar Germany. They would be more interested. ......

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Well said Ron. We discussed recommended Weimar reading in a different thread recently:

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=25990

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