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LOT 1388
Swiss Bern Model
1929 Luger Semi- Automatic Pistol
with Desirable Red Grips, Holster and Medal - Serial no. 61795, 7.65 mm cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, plastic grips. Fixed sights, with the serial number and conjoined “BP” stamp on the chamber and “Swiss Cross in shield”
on the toggle link.
Matching numbers
on the frame, barrel,
receiver and rear toggle.
Bern “FW+” markings on several
parts, “P” on the trigger guard,
“GELADEN” marked extractor and
“S” upper safety position. Checkered
red plastic grips and nickel finished
magazine with matching colored
plastic base. Included with the lot are
a brown leather flap holster, shoulder
strap, and a 1959 dated shooting medal from
Luetzelflueh, a municipality in the district of Emmental
in the canton of Bern with a Luger badge on the ribbon.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 90% of the original blue finish, showing a few areas of brown patina, bright edge wear, and mild handling marks. The grips are excellent, with a few scuffs and dings. The holster is very good, with some cracking, dark spots and verdigris buildup. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Art Buchanan Collection.
Estimate: 1,600 - 2,500
LOT 1389
Excellent World War II 1939
German Mauser “42” Luger Semi-Automatic Pistol Rig with
1939 Dated Holster and Extra Magazine - Serial no. 1933V, 9 mm
cal., 4 inch round bbl., blue finish, hardwood grips. Blade front and
notch rear sights, with “1939” on top
of the chamber, a set of “eagle/63” and “stick wing eagle” proofs on the right,
and “42” on the toggle link. Finish is
full blue, with a pair of checkered grips and a blue finished magazine with an alloy base. The magazine is mixed and
the grips unnumbered, otherwise the pistol is matching numbered overall. Included with the lot is a brown leather holster marked “O. REICHEL/LENGENFELD” and “WaA300” on the back, with an extra magazine and an “eagle 63” proofed takedown tool.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 95% of the original blue
finish, showing bright wear on the high edges and minor spotting and handling marks.
The grips are also excellent, with some chips near the left grip screw and mild handling marks overall. The holster is very fine, with mild scuffing overall. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Paul Crockett Jr. Collection.
Estimate: 2,500 - 3,750
LOT 1390
1940 Dated
“Mauser
Banner”
Commercial Contract Luger Semi-Automatic Pistol in 7.65 mm
Luger Auto with
Holster - Serial no.
6705W, 7.65 mm Luger
Auto cal., 3 3/4 inch
round bbl., blue finish, hardwood grips. Blade and notch sights, with a “1940” dated chamber, the “Mauser Banner” logo on the front toggle link, a set of “eagle/N” commercial proofs, along with an externally matching set of “military pattern”
serial numbers (minus the
magazine). Fitted with a
set of straw finished small
parts, checkered hardwood grips,
and a nickel magazine with an alloy
base. Includes a brown leather flap holster.
CONDITION: Very fine, with 85% plus of the original blue finish, showing a brown
patina on the backstrap and sides of the frame, bright wear along the high edges, and mild spotting and handling marks overall. 70% of the original straw color is present on the small parts, and the grips are also very fine with minor dings and light staining. The holster is good, with the pull-strap absent and scuffs and cracks overall. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Paul Crockett Jr. Collection.
Estimate: 2,750 - 3,750
LOT 1391
Excellent Swiss Bern Model 06/24 Luger Semi-
Automatic Pistol - Serial no. 30030, 7.65 mm Luger
Auto cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut
grips. Switzerland was the first country to adopt the
Luger as a military sidearm with its contract purchase of
the Model 1900 from DWM. Once WWI started DWM could
no longer supply Switzerland with Lugers, so the Swiss firm of Waffenfabrik
Bern produced its own version of the Model 1906. This pistol is one of the Swiss
made copies of the German Model 1906. Approximately 17,000 of these pistols
were manufactured for the Swiss military and were most likely produced between
1918 and 1933. This Luger has fixed sights, with a blank chamber and the top of
the toggle marked with a Geneva Cross over “WAFFENFABRIK/BREN”. The right side of
the barrel extension has a small Geneva Cross with the reverse having a boxed “+/M”
Colonel Muhlemann proof and a “BP”. Full serial number on barrel and front of frame
with a small Geneva Cross on the barrel and the letter “P” stamped below frame serial
number. Side plate, grip safety, and toggle link are numbered to the gun. The lower safety lever area is polished bright (a common feature for this type of Luger). The grips are unique in that they are checkered with smooth borders on the front and rear edges and are numbered to the gun. With a correct wooden base magazine numbered (70).
CONDITION: Excellent. The pistol retains 98% original blue finish showing some thinning to a brown patina (more prevalent on the grip straps) with slight edge wear. The small parts retain
97% original straw color. The grips are
also excellent with a few minor
nicks in the overall crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 2,250 - 3,250
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