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got to talk with the vet further last night about the circumstances surrounding this piece. They had engaged a german paratrooper unit earlier in the day, then captured about dozen soldiers, many of whom were hungarian volunteers. The pistol was taken from one of these prisoners. This happened within the first couple of days of D-Day. Later, a holster was acquired to put it in. As he brought back several Lugers at the end of the war, he admits it's possible the magazines got switched or there may have not been one with the pistol when he took it. He stated many times when they had prisoners it was just too much of a hassle to get them to undo their belt, so they often took just the pistols, leaving the holster with the wearer. He's liquidated almost his entire collection of Nazi Booty and this was his last fire-arm.