bought first Luger..have questions!

brickboy240 · 11-19-2004, 02:47 PM

Heres something else I cannot figure out about this pistol. Since it was made in 1918, it was most likely used in the last days of WWI. It has Imperial German markings. However, it does not have any Nazi markings.

Was this pistol used during WWII or was it captured during WWI by the Russians? Could it have been a police pistol between the wars, then captured by Russian troops as they advanced through eastern Germany to Berlin?

I know for certain that it was made in 1918 and where it was made and for whom. I also know that it was re-furbed by the EGs/Russians and used as a police pistol by the grips, parkerized finish and starburst marking in the late 50s early 60s (probably to be replaced by a Mararov in the early 60s), but WHAT was the possible history of these peices between WWI and the Iron Curtain going up?

Anybody have a guess?

(oh, if the thing could talk!)

-brickboy240

11-19-2004, 02:47 PM	#6
brickboy240 User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Houston, Texas USA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Heres something else I cannot figure out about this pistol. Since it was made in 1918, it was most likely used in the last days of WWI. It has Imperial German markings. However, it does not have any Nazi markings. Was this pistol used during WWII or was it captured during WWI by the Russians? Could it have been a police pistol between the wars, then captured by Russian troops as they advanced through eastern Germany to Berlin? I know for certain that it was made in 1918 and where it was made and for whom. I also know that it was re-furbed by the EGs/Russians and used as a police pistol by the grips, parkerized finish and starburst marking in the late 50s early 60s (probably to be replaced by a Mararov in the early 60s), but WHAT was the possible history of these peices between WWI and the Iron Curtain going up? Anybody have a guess? (oh, if the thing could talk!) -brickboy240