I was Wondering

c3006 · 09-16-2005, 07:37 AM

I have read all the fun poked at (chrome) and silver or nickle lugers on here but has there ever been a case of a luger being plated during wartime for a officer that has been proven? Thanks clint

Navy · 09-16-2005, 08:01 AM

Hey 3006,

Yeah there are some. But they are all Kreighoff presentation pieces. Herman Goering's is the most famous one of the group. Ther are no, zero, nada, bumpkis, zilch ORIGINAL Mauser, BIKW, DWM or Erfurt factory plated pieces.

Tom A.

c3006 · 09-16-2005, 08:21 AM

Tom
Was there any chance someone had one plated for a gift to a officer or whatnot outside of the factory during wartime?

John Sabato · 09-16-2005, 11:16 AM

I don't think the WW2 German military would have smiled favorably on anyone taking one of their officially acquired and issued weapons and changing the finish for a presentation piece... Just would be uncharacteristic of them. After all, the gun would still belong to them...

c3006 · 09-16-2005, 11:18 AM

Good point!

Herb · 09-16-2005, 12:48 PM

Just about anything is possible given the large number of Lugers that were available on the commercial market around 1920. It's entirely possible one of these may have been plated as a gift to a member of the German Military or even one of the exports to other countries could have been fancied up as a gift. I can't imagine why someone going into combat would want something that shiny being anywhere near them though.

09-16-2005, 07:37 AM	#1
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	I was Wondering I have read all the fun poked at (chrome) and silver or nickle lugers on here but has there ever been a case of a luger being plated during wartime for a officer that has been proven? Thanks clint __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

09-16-2005, 08:21 AM	#3
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Tom Was there any chance someone had one plated for a gift to a officer or whatnot outside of the factory during wartime? __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

09-16-2005, 11:16 AM	#4
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	I don't think the WW2 German military would have smiled favorably on anyone taking one of their officially acquired and issued weapons and changing the finish for a presentation piece... Just would be uncharacteristic of them. After all, the gun would still belong to them... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-16-2005, 11:18 AM	#5
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Good point! __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

09-16-2005, 12:48 PM	#6
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just about anything is possible given the large number of Lugers that were available on the commercial market around 1920. It's entirely possible one of these may have been plated as a gift to a member of the German Military or even one of the exports to other countries could have been fancied up as a gift. I can't imagine why someone going into combat would want something that shiny being anywhere near them though. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

09-16-2005, 08:01 AM	#2
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Hey 3006, Yeah there are some. But they are all Kreighoff presentation pieces. Herman Goering's is the most famous one of the group. Ther are no, zero, nada, bumpkis, zilch ORIGINAL Mauser, BIKW, DWM or Erfurt factory plated pieces. Tom A.