April 27-30, 2021 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2021
Standard configuration Artillery Luger manufactured by DWM during the Great War for the German Army. Receiver is marked "1917" over the chamber area, with DWM arsenal proofs on the right. Toggle bears the DWM monogram. German imperial eagle is present on the right side of the receiver, left side of the breechblock, as well as on the right side of the barrel. Major metal components exhibit rust blue finish, with the barrel retaining a slightly darker blue finish, and with some smaller components being nitre blued. Barrel measures 8" and is fitted with a 9-position V-notch rear sight. All numbers are forced matched, with the exception of the grips which are unnumbered. CONDITION: Metal components retain the vast majority of their reapplied blue finish, exhibiting a few marks from handling as well as some areas of wear showing through to silvering. Strawed components are in-the-white and have been cleaned and polished at one point in time. Bore is bright and retains well-defined rifling throughout. Checkered walnut grips show some smoothing and a few minor nicks to the diamonds. The left grip panel exhibits a repaired chip just behind the safety lever, that was secured back into place with some adhesive. A nice example of a German World War I era Artillery Luger. -MLW-