My Father's WWII Luger

[Don M]

I doubt it was a "straight shot." The evidence suggests the pistol and its bearer were transferred to the Landespolizei in 1933-34 and then to the military where they may have been in one of the police battalions in an occupied country. This group may have been recalled to Germany toward the end of the war. It would probably be an interesting story.

[SuperTech1]

While not really shedding any further light on the pistol's history I found an account in a document written by one of my father's fellow squad members. This is a redacted portion of his account of the incident.

"...A few days later we crossed the Remagen Bridge and headed toward Giessen Germany. We went across the bridge and captured Hahnen Germany on the 23rd of March 1945.

We captured 3 German towns between there and Giessen. While capturing Giessen Sgt. ***** ******** and myself captured 28 German officers. We could have taken a lot of souvenirs however I took 3 things. I picked a 9mm Luger, a 9mm Ruger, and a 7.65mm pistol made under the Browning patent. I have since given the Belgium 7.65mm or 32 cal. pistol to my daughter ***** ***.

After Sgt. ******** and myself captured those officers, we marched them to our command post and returned to our squad."

(My father was the Sergeant mentioned)