I can only say that, in my opinion, it looks brand new. I can't imagine how a document that is over 70 years old could look so pristine. If it is real, I wonder how it was stored.
The condition is the reason I am trying to determine originality.
When I purchased it, it was in a small stack of gun related documents. You know the kind all gun folks stack up, but then never do anything with. Some Ruger stuff from the 70's. S&W, etc.
Documents were in the bottom of a box lot of ammunition at an auction. Bidding was for the ammo. Auctioneer didn't even mention the documents when it came up. I suspected they would end up in the trash can so bought the lot. Now figuring out if I need to get them into the hands of someone who would want them, or if to add them to my stack of documents I never do anything with.....
Reproducing only one of anything would be highly unusual so if it is a repro, there should be others. Conditionwise, I have original US military manuals well over a century old that are in similar appearance.
I know that these manuals were reproduced as far back as the late '70s. It would not surprise me to learn that they were copied well before then. Thirty or forty years of age can make a good copy a scary proposition.
Originals not on clay-filled (super smooth) paper and IMO should exhibit some rust on staples at this point. Repros still available. As I recall it, originals in tan covers. Recommend you ask on the Luft. drillings forum on Still's Luger Forum where the specialists are.
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