Over stamp/double strike?

mrerick · 05-20-2016, 08:02 PM

I have a Luger that was double struck with the adjacent numeric digit in the serial number. This one was also a 1936 Mauser. I wonder if this worker did both... Same block, 2,800 guns apart... They have really good Schnapps in Oberndorf... I wonder where they were working in 1937...

The worker probably picked up the wrong die stamp, and then over-stamped the correct number.

The workers were human; made mistakes and were not thinking about collectors 70 or 80 years down the road...

Marc

05-20-2016, 08:02 PM	#12
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	I have a Luger that was double struck with the adjacent numeric digit in the serial number. This one was also a 1936 Mauser. I wonder if this worker did both... Same block, 2,800 guns apart... They have really good Schnapps in Oberndorf... I wonder where they were working in 1937... The worker probably picked up the wrong die stamp, and then over-stamped the correct number. The workers were human; made mistakes and were not thinking about collectors 70 or 80 years down the road... Marc Attached Thumbnails __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.