Wow or Ouch...?

Pete Ebbink · 12-07-2002, 09:03 PM

Don't know what to think on this one...

http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=6491354

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Dwight Gruber · 12-07-2002, 09:21 PM

I think we've seen this gun on auction before. Certainly isn't to -my- taste.

--Dwight

Greg · 12-07-2002, 09:31 PM

Pete....

"Ouch"

Edward Tinker · 12-07-2002, 09:40 PM

Mostly OUCH!!

I don't mind the engraving as much, the grips are a bit too much for me. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

But, I wonder if in real life it looks better or worse?

ichabod · 12-07-2002, 10:14 PM

It is the pistol of Horst Wessel. Herr Wessel was a Nazi Storm Trooper, killed in 1930 by Communists. After his death, a poem he'd written titled, "Die fahne hoch", literally "The Flag Highly", was found amongst his belongings and set to the tune of an old German marching song. The song came to be one of the anthems of Nazi Germany and is often heard in movies. You can hear a snippet of the song in "The Blues Brothers" in the scene where the head Illinois Nazi is seated at a desk, painting a ceramic eagle as a DMV worker gives him Elwood and Jake's fake street address. Why am I so sure that the P.08 belonged to Horst Wessel ? Well, in his spare time he was a pimp . <img src="graemlins/icon107.gif" border="0" alt="[icon107]" />

12-07-2002, 09:03 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Wow or Ouch...? Don't know what to think on this one... http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/Vie...p?Item=6491354 Regards, Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

12-07-2002, 09:40 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,995 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	Mostly OUCH!! I don't mind the engraving as much, the grips are a bit too much for me. [img]biggrin.gif[/img] But, I wonder if in real life it looks better or worse? __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-07-2002, 10:14 PM	#5
ichabod User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It is the pistol of Horst Wessel. Herr Wessel was a Nazi Storm Trooper, killed in 1930 by Communists. After his death, a poem he'd written titled, "Die fahne hoch", literally "The Flag Highly", was found amongst his belongings and set to the tune of an old German marching song. The song came to be one of the anthems of Nazi Germany and is often heard in movies. You can hear a snippet of the song in "The Blues Brothers" in the scene where the head Illinois Nazi is seated at a desk, painting a ceramic eagle as a DMV worker gives him Elwood and Jake's fake street address. Why am I so sure that the P.08 belonged to Horst Wessel ? Well, in his spare time he was a pimp . <img src="graemlins/icon107.gif" border="0" alt="[icon107]" /> __________________ "No snowflake ever feels responsible for the avalanche." Haywood Yasumi

12-07-2002, 09:21 PM	#2
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,890 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,282 Times in 424 Posts	I think we've seen this gun on auction before. Certainly isn't to -my- taste. --Dwight

12-07-2002, 09:31 PM	#3
Greg User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern U.S. Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete.... "Ouch"