1915 DWM and British Laws

[Heydrich]

Gentlemen, remember the posting thread that Wes started on the 1915 (Great War) bring back Luger? Well, I received a reply to my e-mail from the owner of that very nice little pistol yesterday. He explained to me how he managed to maintain ownership of his father’s bring back. I guess there is a loophole in Britain’s gun control laws for “war trophies”. Anyway, here is his reply:


thanks for your comments. Keeping the Luger was a hell of a job. Basically I wrote to the Home Office with a number of other people who had similarly inherited 'War Trophies' and eventually they added a clause to the new law which permitted us to keep the guns under these special circumstances, but which did not permit us to hold ammunition. So that's the position I'm in now.

thanks for writing- good to hear from you

Patrick Wilson

www.patrickwilson.com