It is entirely subjective to give any Luger a rating of excellent or fine, just as it is to declare it xx% blued or strawed. This weapon is designated as a Curios and Relic (C&R) and be sent to those licensed persons. This is a basic collectors gun that has all the study proofs you could ask for. Every Luger can tell you a story if you're willing to explore and learn from it.Įveryone needs one Erfurt in their collection just to study proof marks. If you have Sam Costanzo's World of Lugers Proof Marks you can spend days looking up all the proofs this gun has. Proof marks are well struck and clearly visible.
This weapon has the stock lug and clean walnut grips. There are inspector marks all over the weapon in a variety of crowed stamps. The Erfurt's are the most proofed models of Parabellums. The extractor is marked 'Geladen' (loaded) and the thumb safety is marked 'Gesichert' (safe). This model of the Luger was produced from 1914 until 1918 for the German Military. The rear sight is 'V' cut fixed and front dovetailed sight and the frame has the stock lug and hold open device. Erfurt started this practice in 1914 when they produced the artillery (150mm barrel) model and simply made all the frames the same. This 1918 Luger is characterized by the 9mm 4' (100mm) barrel however it appears from the front of the frame it was at one time destined to be an artillery model as the cut in the front of the frame was for the leaf sight.
These include the Imperial Army acceptance proof on the barrel and the side frame plus the inspectors stamps on all small parts. Inspection proofs are visible all over the individual parts of the gun. Here is the close up the right side with the the Inspector's proofs and the Erfurt Military Acceptance proof on the receiver and on the barrel. The 1910 Erfurt Imperial Acceptance stamp with the cross of peace and the bar of justice is found on the right frame and right barrel. The unit markings indicate this weapon was assigned to the 179 Infantry Regiment (Infanterie-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm König von Preßuen (14. The extractor is marked 'Geladen' on the left side and the safety is marked 'Gesichert' with the safe position being downward. The frame, locking bolt, trigger, safety bar, and hold open along with the barrel, receiver, toggle links, side plates are all matching serial numbers. The barrel length is 4' (100mm) and is chambered for 9mm. Photographs are copyrighted, all rights reserved, any extraction, reproduction or display of gun pictures without the express consent of the Phoenix Investment Arms is strictly prohibited. Magnified close-ups show us tool marks and natural surface conditions that one normally doesn't see in the ordinary handling of the weapon. NOTE: Photographs taken today with the high mega-pixel camera show more than we sometimes can see with the human eye. My wife Marcia has fine hearing on the phone and is quite knowledgeable about firearms and is very able to help you over the phone. This system works pretty good, so please be willing to be patient with my hearing loss. I do want to talk to you and answer your questions without mistakes or miscommunications. With me reading what you are saying to me saves me a lot of confusion for me mishearing words. When I call you back you will hear my voice in our conversation, an operator will type your conversation to me on my phone view screen. I have to switch over to what is called a voice carry over phone. I have caller ID just so that you know, the reason for that is I cannot use a regular phone. Therefore when you would call me, I will pick up the phone and tell you that I will call you right back. Concerning Phone Callsįor those folks that do not know me yet, I'm very hard of hearing on the phone. You may also send an email to and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. You can reach Harry or Marcia by phone at 92 or by fax at 92. Just like it came from the battlefield of WWI. This is a 9mm Parabellum with a 100mm barrel. The 1918 Chamber date is the last year of production by Erfurt as the war ended. This is a 1918 dated Imperial Luger manufactured by the Royal Arsenal at Erfurt.
Though the Luger was used mostly by German forces in World War I and II, Finland, Switzerland. It was designed by Hugo Borchardt but patented by Georg J. The Luger P08 pistol, also referred to as the Pistole Parabellum, was first produced in 1900.
1918 Erfurt Luger Serial Numbers By Year.