Oh, I totally agree with the distancing and ignoring history! I assumed someone did that to this pistol after the war but was told it went into Spain like that - but I'm sure over time memories fade, stories get blurred. I talked to my friend in Spain today and he's going to try to get that letter/history of pistol - just something I would really like to have. Especially seeing "supposedly" it was a Spanish officers Pistol, he was killed on the battlefield, and it was picked up and has been in just one household ever since