Erfurt 1917 - a been there legitimate shooter

[Alexandru]

Dear all

By way of introduction, I am Alexandru Lupu, a newly authorized gun collector from Bucharest, Romania.

The P 08, probably the most famous and most desirable handguns of the 20th century, is what actually made me going through all the hoops and loops of the poorly drafted Romanian gun control legislation to become a gun collector....if I could only possess one piece of gun making history.

As the Luger is quite a ghostly appearance onto the Romanian collectable gun market, I was able to acquire (in blind) one example directly from Germany.

Pictures are attached hereto.

The gun is an 1917 Erfurt. I was told it is mono serial (except the mag which is a postwar reproduction), and that it also has waffenamt codes. It is in firing condition. And this is all I know/guess/assume....

I need to defer to your expertise in determining the key features of my first "budget deal". Price was 320 euros (around 420 USD) exclusive of shipping.

Bottom line, is it a good deal or not (at least post factum).

All the best,

Alex