![]() king manuel was dethroned and forced to go into exile in the UK in 1908. however despite the model designation being 1906, the actual delivery was 1908. the crest the pistols were to be manufactured with was changed to manuel's M2 mark and production began. manuel was young and was never meant to be king, but he was next in line. however carlos the 1st along with his heir, luis were assassinated in 1906 before these began production. his father was carlos the 1st, these pistols were initially ordered in 1905 or so under carlos the 1st. This pistol is really interesting from a historical perspective, see it is marked for manuel the 2nd, the last king of portugal, but he was king for barely 2 years before the nationalist forces took over in a quick revolution. my great grand mother was actually a chef in the palace in sintra for the last 2 kings of portugal. my family is portuguese, so this was a big want of mine. This is by far the most expensive gun ive ever bought, i normally would consider something like this out of my range, but it was one of my all time holy grails and it was priced well under what these normally go for, so it was the only one id ever seen that i could have ever afforded. Its a beautiful all matching 1906 portuguese army luger with manuel the 2nd crest.
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