My first was a 1921 mismatched pistol with Weimar Republic markings and a DWM toggle. Refinished but she still holds a place in my heart for being my first (and only firearm for something like 10 years now). She's recently been joined by a Russian capture 'double-date' WWI era mismatch and an Erma KGP-69.
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Michael
Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.')
'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
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