The swastika was not put there by Nazis, but by someone after the fact who wanted it to seem more "nazi-like". Probably a returned GI who wanted a better story to tell than his neighbor.
But really, if you wanted a project, one could emery cloth the swastika off, re-blue or re-straw the small stuff once the peeling gold is removed, buff up or replace that sideplate, repop. grips, throw it all in the bluing tank, and you would still have a shooter...but a less garish one.
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