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A RARE 9mm (PARA) DWM 1906 NAVAL COMMERCIAL LUGER PISTOL, serial no. 51346,
circa 1911, one of approximately 3500 produced, with tapering 6in. barrel, undated nocksform, 'DWM' monogram to toggle, distinctive sliding two-position 'Naval' type rear-sight, safety catch lever with the wording 'GESICHERT' to lower edge of the milled recess, machined frame with grip-safe to rear, chequered walnut grips and later World War One style un-numbered magazine, all matching number bar the magazine and un-numbered side-plate, some blotchy wear to finish, together with a modified leather full-flap holster of English type, a Sam Browne belt, a further wood-based magazine numbered '6037' and two later reproduction 'navy' magazines, together with a British woven lanyard and a modified Pattern '58 canvas holster, all in a vinyl carry-case
Provenance: The vendor has kindly supplied us with the following:
"The vendor's uncle and previous owner of this Luger, Major Kenneth Coleridge Boles ("KCB") was an expert in flame throwing! He was a very wild and courageous soldier. As a Major in the Grenadier Guards, he served in the King's Company (mainly because of his imposing height of 6 feet 5 inches) and acted as part of the King's personal bodyguard. He hated London and soon headed back to France where he took part in the Guards Armoured Brigade attack on Arnhem. Family legend has it that he obtained the Luger from a surrendering German officer. KCB was not averse to war booty; at one point he even managed to acquire a US Army Whites Half-track and drove it to his farm in Ledbury where the vendor remembers it sitting in a hay barn for many years. KCB gave the Luger to the vendor's father, Vernon Coleridge Boles ("VCB") as he had a firearms licence and several rifles from running and owning a Scottish Sporting estate. When the vendor was commissioned into the Household Cavalry (Blues and Royals) in 1978, he put the Luger on his own licence. The vendor ran the Guards battle camp in Thetford Norfolk, where he taught recruits and police pistol shooting on the various 'CQBRS'- close quarter battle ranges, with pop up targets. Because the Luger magazines contained so few rounds as compared to the Browning issued 9mm's, he acquired some additional magazines which are inscribed with his initials ("TCB") and also had a holster made by a master saddler in Germany, so that the weapon could be attached to his '58 pattern webbing belt, whereupon he would take it on exercise in his tank"
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Estimate £1,500-2,500
S5 - Sold as a Section 5 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act, Section 7.3 Eligible.
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