Baby 9mm

[Pete Ebbink]

I have atached a nice photo of the Baby in Ralph Shattuck's collection; from C. Kenyon's book, Luger - The Multi-National Pistol, on pages 58-59; for those folks that might not have this book. I think it shows some details that the photo posted by Ted Green may not have...

Just to clarify my understanding of this thread :

1. Am I corect in understanding that this Baby is not the same Baby as the Wilson/Redmond/Sturgis pistol ? That is, the Wilson/Redmond/Sturgis Baby is a .380/.32 ACP ?

Am I correct in understanding that all 7-shot Baby's have a traditional thumb safety lever while the other baby's (i.e. .380/.32 ACP) have the Borchardt-type safety lever ?

2. Is the Redmond/Sturgis Baby thought to have been the personal pistol of Georg Luger or is it the Baby in Ralph Shattuck's collection...? Or are both thought to have been owned by GL...?

3. How is such "ownership" provenance by Georg, himself, documented and accepted by the luger collecting community ?



Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />