SN 4. Cal. 9mm Kurtz. 3-7/8″ bbl with SN on bottom. Toggle assembly is unmarked and unnumbered, as is receiver and small parts. Frame has SN on front. Unique serrated sliding safety catch, similar to the Borchardt pistol’s. No hold open. No grip safety. Checkered walnut grips. Right grip “S” stamped on back. Left grip has matching “4″ on back. Hand made prototype wood bottom mag with plain wood bottom. Button is missing from follower. Unique pocket tool room prototype pocket pistol with much evidence of hand working and that fitting shares no parts with a full size Luger except for the grip screws. Believed to have been made around 1925-6 by DWM after Georg Luger’s death in an attempt by DWM to enter the low price pocket pistol market that was then burgeoning in Germany. This gun, the only known genuine original example, is featured on p. 1640 of Borchardt & Luger Automatic Pistols by Joachim Gortz and Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess and is also illustrated in Kenyon, Lugers at Random. Accompanied by archival material including personal correspondence and images pertaining to the history, design and mfg of the “Baby” from August Weiss, retired Works MGR for DWM, to Carl Wilson. Also a copy of Shooting Sports Magazine dated Sept,1962, which features on its cover the “Worlds Rarest Luger”. PROVENANCE: Collections of Carl Wilson, Pat Redmond; Collection of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining 95% orig blue with normal wear to sharp edges and corners. Some fading on chamber and top of toggles. Orig straw is 60%. Grips are lightly worn and oil soaked with some wood grain still visible. Mag has chips on wood bottom and scattered pitting on body. Bore is sharp with light wear. Mechanics are excellent. 4-52754 BWS19 ($50,000-$100,000)
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