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max2cam · 11-10-2002, 07:13 PM

Here is one very SUBJECTIVE reason why this gun "might" be a fake.

In translation Hitler's first name (Adolf) means "wolf" or "noble wolf" and his nick-name was "Wolf" or "Wolfie" to his inner circle.

I am familiar with Hitler's signature and he wrote the name Adolf in such a way that it looked like the word "wolf." He did that on purpose (just like he had his own special secret "Fuehrer" handshake).

While I have no doubt that whoever made this gun used an authentic signature as a guide, he slipped up because in doing the name "Adolf" he lost the "wolf" look on the name. I'm not joking about this either. The very first instant I saw the name that hit me. Hilter looks right, but Adolf -- no way.

A REAL Nazi era engraver doing such a special job would probably NOT have made this sort of blunder -- or it would have been KZ Lager time.

But a guy in Pakistan probably would make this mistake without realizing it....

Just my 2 cents.

This reminds me of my unpublished novel where there is a fake highly engraved Luger. In my novel the fake has the SS motif and it was supposed to have belonged to SS #2 Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Heydrich's sucessor), but this job would work as well....

11-10-2002, 07:13 PM	#8
max2cam User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 97 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here is one very SUBJECTIVE reason why this gun "might" be a fake. In translation Hitler's first name (Adolf) means "wolf" or "noble wolf" and his nick-name was "Wolf" or "Wolfie" to his inner circle. I am familiar with Hitler's signature and he wrote the name Adolf in such a way that it looked like the word "wolf." He did that on purpose (just like he had his own special secret "Fuehrer" handshake). While I have no doubt that whoever made this gun used an authentic signature as a guide, he slipped up because in doing the name "Adolf" he lost the "wolf" look on the name. I'm not joking about this either. The very first instant I saw the name that hit me. Hilter looks right, but Adolf -- no way. A REAL Nazi era engraver doing such a special job would probably NOT have made this sort of blunder -- or it would have been KZ Lager time. But a guy in Pakistan probably would make this mistake without realizing it.... Just my 2 cents. This reminds me of my unpublished novel where there is a fake highly engraved Luger. In my novel the fake has the SS motif and it was supposed to have belonged to SS #2 Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Heydrich's sucessor), but this job would work as well....