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papagiorgio · 01-01-2011, 12:41 PM

Norme,

Thanks for the response. I was told that an apparently common story that the pistol was "acquired" off of a dead German soldier in WWII. According to wikipedia, this regiment was in existence only for WWI. Do you have any info as to the typical path these pistols took from WWI to WWII? Would this have been taken back by the German gov't after WWI and then re-issued to a new soldier in WWII? Or is it likelythat an individual would have kept it after WWI and then either had it himself or passed it on to another as a personal item? Of course, the whole WWII part is just the story I heard, and could be wrong.

-Paul

01-01-2011, 12:41 PM	#3
papagiorgio New User Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Norme, Thanks for the response. I was told that an apparently common story that the pistol was "acquired" off of a dead German soldier in WWII. According to wikipedia, this regiment was in existence only for WWI. Do you have any info as to the typical path these pistols took from WWI to WWII? Would this have been taken back by the German gov't after WWI and then re-issued to a new soldier in WWII? Or is it likelythat an individual would have kept it after WWI and then either had it himself or passed it on to another as a personal item? Of course, the whole WWII part is just the story I heard, and could be wrong. -Paul