[kolja]

Hi from Croatia everybody,

It is nice to see such a great number of people interested in this fine weapon, honoring and preserving it, as well as the history that happened around it.

I have my late granfather's WW2 p08. The pistol itself was captured by my grandfather, or rather given to him, since he was only 13 years old, fighting the nazis in Yugoslavia, now Croatia, as a guerilla fighter - Tito's partisan.

(I'm not sure how he get it but I hope he didn't killed someone at that age to get it anyhow. Most probabbly it was given to him by his older brother who was high ranking officer of the partisans)

The pistol has been stored in humid conditions for a 2 years (my mom hid it in a basement), and it caught brown rust film all over.

I've cleaned it with soap, oil and cloth, dried it and oiled it.

The mechanism and the barrel are in (relatively) very good condition, but the surface shows pitting and corrosion.

I would like to get rid of all the small spots and maybe replace a grip.

The goal is to preserve it for my grandchildren, of course.

Please look at the pictures and see if you can recommend what to do with it?

I'm not going to sell it for sure, but just wondering of its worth. Can you please estimate the price as well?

Thank you!