German Luger 1921 German Police Markings. Matching numbers History and Value, no holster of belt.?

You should have it appraised.

My hunting buddy - his grandpa brought a Luger back from the war, unfired, in a display case, with display ammo (sealed) and special presentation markings. The gun belonged to an Nazi officer grandpa killed in the officer's home while going door to door looking for Nazi's during the fall of Berlin. The gun was a presentation model given to the officer - along with the gun, case, ammo - he has a picture of officer, his military ID card, and written documents. It was appraised at $42,000

Grandpa also had a well used Luger, artillery model, with all matching serial numbers - it was appraised at $17,000.

There is a reason matching serial numbers are important. First - unless you had the 'eye' of someone or a close friend at Headquarters willing to do the paperwork for you - you could not bring a complete souvenir weapon home from WW2. So, the GI's would take dozens of guns and take them all apart - one guy would bring 40 barrels home, another guy 40 frames, another guy 40 bolts, etc etc with the idea they would all get together after the war - have a big party - and put the guns all back together. Some of those guys never made it to the party - so - the guns were built with a mish-mash of serial numbers.

Lugers came in many models. Some are more collectable than others. Some, are a heck of allot more collectable. You can visit www.amazon.com and drop several hundred $$ on reference books and educate yourself - or - you can have it appraised. Keep in mind - a legitimate appraiser will never, never, never make you an offer on a gun.......... if the guy makes any offer at all, or says it is worth $2500 and makes you can offer that is higher - run, do not walk - but run away.

My friends Lugers were appraised by a top gun appraiser on the West Coast, in the Seattle area. He said the presentation model gun was one of the top 20 guns he'd seen in his life. You should seek out a specialist like this.

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German Luger 1921 German Police Markings. Matching numbers History and Value, no holster of belt.?

A lot But what is a lot to me may not be a lot to you. They do make gun value books and if you don't want to spend the money for a book I am sure you can get the info on the internet. Punch in German Luger 1921 on your search engine Like Space Cowboy always say if we give you a value its only a guess I will give it a shot though anywhere from 350 which is what I would give you, up to maybe 700 what I would sell it for Twice as much if you had the hoister and three times if you had the belt. But this is just a guess and I really have no F en clue What is it worth to you? Hang on to it You can always use it for a paper weight or hammer

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Get...it....appraised. How are we supposed to do an online appraisal....from your weak description ?

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