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And not just with collectors. I have been told that when, for one reason or another, German officers had to exchange their Luger pistols for P.38's some became very upset and almost reduced to tears. The Luger had the same place in German "hearts and minds" as the "Colt .45" had with Americans.
I once spoke to a retired German police officer who had been issued a Luger between wars. During WWII, the police Lugers were taken away for Army use, and he was issued an old Reichsrevolver. This was probably ten years after the fact, and he was still mad as heck about it!
Jim
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