Joseph, having been stationed in Germany myself, I recommend that you read the posting by "Imperial Arms" aka Albert, carefully and thoughtfully.
Bottom line is you just don't put the pistol in your return shipment, either household goods or handcarried, and bring it back to the United States. The requisite hoops have to be jumped through and the pistol will probably have to be shipped from a German dealer to an American importer, such as Simpsons, with the usual expensive charges to do so.
Very kindly, David
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