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OK, I will share the minimal knowledge I have... the Mauser Luger is nothing more than a DWM/BKIW Luger. Mauser was owned by that time by Loewe, just as the other two companies were. The same machines were used to produce all of em, including the elusive Simson and Krieghoff. It was the owner's way of keeping the equipment in use. The biggest difference iin the variously branded pistols is the rollmark or stamping on the toggle, as I remember.
Not being a collector, I didn't know there were 42 Lugers and S/42 Lugers, however, the date of 1939 would indicate to me that it was a gomit contract, not a commercial pistol. Nothing commercial was produced in those days, unless you were the equivalent of today's Bill Gates. The depression was on and A. Hitler was doing his best to create prosperity by attacking Poland and France. They had been secretly stockpiling anything that would shoot for many years prior to 1939. Any questions?
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