While Krieghoff was by nature a sporting arms firm, the company never intended to sell Luger pistols to the public, and the Luftwaffe was planned to be their first and last customer for the product. That said, the military contract had much stiffer requirements for tolerances (headspacing in particular) then strictly mechanically necessary, resulting in a lot of perfectly serviceable barrel groups getting a "nein" from the Luftwaffe inspectors. Not content to leave money on the ground, Krieghoff made lemonade out of their lemons by sending out rejected pistols for public consumption. Fixed sights, with a "5-pointed star" rejection mark on the right side of the chamber, martially "eagle" proofed breechblock, commercially "crown/N" proofed barrel, extension, breechblock and frame, and a Type C Krieghoff "anchor" logo on the front toggle link. Finish is primarily blue with straw finished small parts, niter blue magazine catch and springs, and a nickel finished magazine with an alloy base numbered "10746". Also included is a black leather flap holster with no maker's marks.

Fine with 60% plus of the blue finish, showing some edge wear, areas of mixed brown patina, mild spotting and scattered handling marks. Some cold blue touch-up work has been performed on the muzzle, frame rails, and side plate. The straw parts retain traces of color, and the grips show some mild dings. The holster is fine with some scuffs and stress line cracks. Mechanically excellent.