FORUM,
In regards to what is believed about Lugers, there is a lot of bad information out there. You have all heard about the Black Widow Luger. It is written up and referred to in most luger books.
Well there was no such Luger as a Black Widow Luger! The name Black Widow was given to that particular style of Luger with black plastic grips and dated 41 and 42 by a collector dealer in Arizona to stimulate sales. Also, they were not made for and used by the Gestapo,SD, & or SS exclusively.
There is still alot of erronious data being published on German weapons and especially SS.
Collectors, remember the old saying about the German item that you are buying. You are buying the item and not the story. Whatever you buy must support itself. As a forum member related, he has bayonets just like in some of the pictures of his reference books; however without a direct link to an organization such as the SS or Army it is extremely hard to substantiate. Direct linkage is shown through such things as WA, SS Property Stamps, etc.
Richard K
