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skyhawk9998
I was wondering if anyone would know the approximate value of a particular German Luger. The pistol is a 1918 Issue German Luger in excellent condition with all matching serial numbers on all components. This pistol came back stateside back in 1943 from a Sniper (family member) who took the pistol off a German Officer he had killed. The pistol has been been put away all these years and never fired. We still have the 2 magazines that were with the pistol as well as the 1942 issue leather holster with German Swastika imprinted on it. Also, does anyone know of where you can find out according to serial number of a weapon as to who the officer was that was carrying this weapon upon assassination? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Michael
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  • rhmc24
    There is a lot of luger info on the website lugerforum.com. I recently bought one much the same as you describe but dated 1920. Both mags have the same number as the gun serial number. Very important that all the pistol parts have the same serial numbers, last two digits of the whole serial. I have been offered up to $1200 for mine. Hope this helps.
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  • rhmc24
    There is a lot of luger info on the website lugerforum.com. I recently bought one much the same as you describe but dated 1920. Both mags have the same number as the gun serial number. Very important that all the pistol parts have the same serial numbers, last two digits of the whole serial. I have been offered up to $1200 for mine. Hope this helps.
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  • Odesseus
    Sounds like a nice Luger skyhawk. Do you have any documentation that goes with it? The holster helps the value. WW II issue Luger holsters go high by themselves, up to $500, depending on shape they are in. The story also adds to value. Most of the Luger records were destroyed after the war by the US Army. Some officers bought their own Lugers, over the P-1. If this officer bought his, there'd be no way of finding out who had it. Even if issued, there'd have to be info from his unit and it'd be rare that such information survived the destroy frenzy after the war. Check out Gunbroker and ************, look what they are going for. Simpson ltd. is another good site for military weapons.

    TH Gibbs
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  • p0838
    try this site

    http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/index.php



    quote:Originally posted by skyhawk9998
    I was wondering if anyone would know the approximate value of a particular German Luger. The pistol is a 1918 Issue German Luger in excellent condition with all matching serial numbers on all components. This pistol came back stateside back in 1943 from a Sniper (family member) who took the pistol off a German Officer he had killed. The pistol has been been put away all these years and never fired. We still have the 2 magazines that were with the pistol as well as the 1942 issue leather holster with German Swastika imprinted on it. Also, does anyone know of where you can find out according to serial number of a weapon as to who the officer was that was carrying this weapon upon assassination? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated.
    Regards,
    Michael
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  • p3skyking
    Lugers are a collecting area unto themselves. Your maker should be either DWM or Erfurt and so stamped on the toggle assembly. Without specialized knowledge, you will not be able to properly describe it well enough for an accurate evaluation.

    These weapons must be placed in the hands of someone knowledgeable with Lugers. A gunshow is a good place IF you make it clear upfront before anything else that you WILL NOT be selling it. Even then get two or more evaluations.

    I have been fooling with them for over 30 years and there is still stuff I learn every day about different variations.

    Good luck!

    There was a cowhand once who said that Shakespeare was the only poet who wrote like he'd been raised on red meat.
    No man in his right mind will play with a gun. I've seen show-offs doing fancy spins and all that. No real gun-fighter ever did. With a hairtrigger, he'd be likely to blow a hole in his belly. L'Amour

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