1908 commercial private purchase

JTD · 03-12-2018, 08:03 PM

Posted here due to the military connection. 1908 commercial #40080 in very nice condition. It has c/b c/u proofing on the barrel extension, and c/b c/u c/g proofing and 118,25 bore dia. and ser # on barrel. No hold open added. It bears a "P" stamp in the mag well. On the back strap, the pistol is engraved with a small cursive v. and capital W. and leads me to believe it belonged to an officer that was a noble named von W..... I have yet to search the Rangeliste for von W names, but pretty sure that there will be quite a few. I will update if I narrow down the man further.

DonVoigt · 03-12-2018, 09:09 PM

Nice!
Keep us posted on further research.

HerrKaiser · 03-13-2018, 07:58 AM

Please do let us know what you find out! Gorgeous looking Luger, too!

Neil Young · 03-13-2018, 12:33 PM

I fondled that piece at the SOS and I personally think that it looks better in hand than in the photographs.

03-12-2018, 08:03 PM	#1
JTD User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 424 Thanks: 215 Thanked 407 Times in 148 Posts	1908 commercial private purchase Posted here due to the military connection. 1908 commercial #40080 in very nice condition. It has c/b c/u proofing on the barrel extension, and c/b c/u c/g proofing and 118,25 bore dia. and ser # on barrel. No hold open added. It bears a "P" stamp in the mag well. On the back strap, the pistol is engraved with a small cursive v. and capital W. and leads me to believe it belonged to an officer that was a noble named von W..... I have yet to search the Rangeliste for von W names, but pretty sure that there will be quite a few. I will update if I narrow down the man further. Attached Thumbnails

03-12-2018, 09:09 PM	#2
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Nice! Keep us posted on further research. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-13-2018, 07:58 AM	#3
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 803 Thanks: 751 Thanked 795 Times in 377 Posts	Please do let us know what you find out! Gorgeous looking Luger, too!

03-13-2018, 12:33 PM	#4
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	I fondled that piece at the SOS and I personally think that it looks better in hand than in the photographs. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.