sold VERY RARE 1942 MAUSER BANNER COMMERICAL LUGER

IN 96% ORGINAL CONDTION WITH THE WEAR CONCENTRATED ON THE GRIPSTRAPS, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY RARE LATE W BLOCK MAUSER BANNER COMMERCIAL LUGER. THE SMALL PARTS ARE STRAWED. THIS EXAMPLE IS NOT PROOFMARKED. ACCORDING TO DON AND JOOPS EXCELLENT BOOK, THESE PISTOLS WERE ASSEMBLED BY MAUSER IN 1944 OR 1945, OUT OF THE LEFTOVER PARTS. THIS EXAMPLE HAS NO PROOFMARKS. OVER THE YEARS THESE LATE COMMERCIAL LUGERS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SOUGHT OUT AFTER BY COLLECTORS, THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND THIS IS A VERY NICE EXAMPLE IN FINE FETTLE.