4" barrel, 7.65mm or 9mm caliber. Chamber dated 1921 or left blank. There is a stock lug. Front toggle marked DWM, as they manufactured this Luger to be sold by Krieghoff. "Krieghoff Suhl" stamped on back above lanyard loop. Second "F" in Krieghoff was defective and all specimens have this distinctive die strike. Safety and extractor are marked in German. Only a few hundred manufactured, with four-digit serial numbers with letter "i" suffix.

As above, but marked "Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik Suhl" on right side of frame. Some examples have "Germany" export stamp. Several hundred manufactured, with four-digit serial numbers with a letter suffix.

4" or 6" barrel, 7.65mm or 9mm caliber. 1,000 were marked "Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik Suhl" on left side of frame and 500 were devoid of this marking. All have dagger and anchor trademark over "H.K. Krieghoff Suhl" on front toggle link. Extractor and safety are both marked. There is a stock lug and grips are of brown checkered plastic. Approximately 1,500 manufactured, with one- to four-digit serial numbers with "P" prefix.

4" barrel, 9mm caliber. Krieghoff trademark stamped on front toggle link and letter "S" stamped over chamber. There is a stock lug. Extractor and safety are both marked. Grips are wood on early manufactured pistols and brown checkered plastic on later examples. Approximately 4,500 manufactured for Luftwaffe, with one- to four-digit serial numbers.

4" barrel, 9mm caliber. Chamber area is blank and front toggle link stamped with Krieghoff trademark. There is a stock lug and grip safety. Extractor marked "Geleden" and safety marked "FEUER" (fire) in the lower position. Grips are checkered brown plastic. Rare Luger and number produced is not known.

4" barrel, 9mm caliber. It has a stock lug and Krieghoff trademark on front toggle link. Safety and extractor are marked. Grips are brown plastic. Two-digit year of manufacture, 36, stamped over chamber. Approximately 700 produced in 3800-4500 serial number range.

As above, with date of production, 1936-1945, stamped above chamber. Approximately 9,000 manufactured within 4500-14000 serial number range. NOTE: Add 25 percent for 1942 or 1943 dates; 100 percent for 1944 or 1945.

4" barrel, 9mm caliber. There is a stock lug and Krieghoff trademark stamped on front link. Chamber area is blank. Extractor and safety are marked. Approximately 500 manufactured for commercial sales inside Germany. Date of manufacture is estimated at 1939-1940. This variation has dark finish that results from bluing without polishing surface, which was done during these years. Grips are coarsely checkered black plastic. Serial number range is one- to three-digits, with a "P" prefix.

4" barrel, 9mm caliber. There is a stock lug and chamber area is blank. Extractor and safety are marked. Serial numbers in one- to three-digit range are unusually large—about .1875 of an inch. There were 300 post-war Lugers produced for occupation forces. They were assembled from leftover parts and only 150 have Krieghoff trademark on front toggle link—second 150 have blank links.

As above in 7.65mm caliber. Extractor not marked. Approximately 200 manufactured, with standard-sized two- or three-digit serial numbers. They were supposedly sold to occupation forces in PX stores.

Imported between 1996 and 1999, primarily by Miltex of La Plata, Maryland. These Russian re-worked 9mm Luger pistols, were the first surplus Lugers imported to the United States since 1960s military surplus boom. Primarily captured by Soviet troops during WWII, these Lugers may be found with original matching or non-matching numbers. Many were re-marked by the Russians, with examples having re-stamped matching numbers done by steel die or electro penciling. Issued to East German military and Volks Polizei (hence the People's Police, nickname VOPO), most had the walnut grips removed by the Russians, and were stored in barrels of oil to preserve them until they were re-issued to the German Democratic Republic in 1946. It is believed they were removed from East German service by 1958. Black-lined hard rubber or plastic grips made both in Russia and Hungary were fitted to these pistols, as well as the more commonly encountered, East German-made brown checkered plastic grips that has a target-style design at the top. Many VOPO Lugers have Nazi Waffenampt "scrubbed" or a remaining Reich's Eagle with an obliterated swastika. Many are found with no German proofs at all. Snubbed by collectors at first, they now have a following and are a complete area of Luger collecting all to their own. Some re-barreled examples have an East German Crown over N marking on lower barrel, reflecting a replacement.