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02-14-2014, 05:29 PM | #1 |
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"Afrika Korps" luger?
Buddy of mine who is looking for a luger has a lead on one. Had palm tree w/ swastika stamped on it? I'm guessing was done after the war by somebody but I have no idea. I'll try to have him get pictures next time he sees it.
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Can't wait to see it! My GSD was not named Rommel for nothing!
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02-14-2014, 06:57 PM | #3 |
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I do not believe any, any Africa corp insignia was stamped. Never seen it
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With all the respect, it would be the first time that I see a Luger with A.K. insignia (stylized palm tree and the swastika?) on it.
Can't wait to see the photographs.
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Fooling with Lugers since about 1962.
This is a new one. |
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The only way to tell if a Luger served in the Afrika Corps would be through authenticated capture papers or a reliable veteran's story. No Luger was ever so stamped.
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Is it a chamber stamp??? That would be interesting...
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Pictures!!??!!😃
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Wont be able to get out there for the next week or two. Would the capture papers indicate North African theatre instead of European theatre? I know it wouldn't be the Pacific theatre but it's not Europe either.
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maybe looks like this
https://www.ww2incolor.com/d/90333-4...tional_Madness |
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Explanation for this mark is found in Costanzo, page 176: He says it is an "Africa corps symbol noted on 1940/42 Mauser Military 9mm 4" models. This symbol is also found on some 9mm 8" artillery models. Watch for fakes. Locations noted: Left side frame panel." I wonder if the ones he has seen or heard of could also be "fakes"?
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If I remember comments here on the board correctly, Costanzo is full of errors and outdated information. Can anybody scan a photo from the book and post it here?
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I completely agree that there is no "real" Parabelums marked with Afrika Korps insignia. But the members of my family were involved at El Alamein, and Tobruk, and I would still LOVE to see this!
Just to see to which lenght the fakers went (the size of the die used, whether it was etched, rolled,...whatever!). I hope the OP posts the close up pic. |
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Can anyone answer this question
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"Anything" is *possible*, I suppose. Capture papers issued to a soldier from the N. African TO seem to me to be highly unlikely, as the US was just getting into the war in Europe during the N. African campaign (perhaps most famously, "the Big Red One").
Back then, enlistees/draftees were "in for the duration", and the drawdown didn't happen until well after the war in Europe had been won, and the war in the Pacific had been decided as well. I know for a fact that many ETO veterans were to be redeployed to the PTO for the upcoming invasion of the Japanese home island of Kyushu, until the Japanese surrender in August 1945. I would view any "capture papers" from the N. African theater of operations with deep suspicion. Such documents are altogether too easy to fake... I cannot state categorically that such papers do not exist, but in my limited experience I've never come across any. |
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