Import marks?

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by HerrKaiser

It really, honestly, seems to depend on who you are buying from/selling to. Some people say it is a blemish on the gun that decreases value, others (like me) think that the import marks are either harmless or enhance the value by adding to its traceable history. Plenty of Lugers (like 1920 and alphabet commercial variants as examples) have import marks as defining characteristics to determine what they are.

Actually, I think you are thinking of the 'Germany' stamped export markings. See FAQ - it was a requirement of the USA gov't to show where an item is from, still carried out to this day.

Import markings themselves will lower values no matter how much we don't want them to or how small the marking is.