1917 DWM Artillery Luger

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

I think its cool and not too much risk to shoot it (its not pristine).

Do you know more of the story of how your grandfather got it, where he was stationed etc?

I have about 5 or 8 more stories for my next vol, vol III of Vet Bring Backs, if interested, shoot me an email with full size pictures, ed_tinker@hotmail.com


Ed

It's definitely not pristine, but the close-up shots make it look like there is much more rust in there than there really is. I just don't want to shoot something that is more valuable as a collector. I'd really like to track down the history of the gun; what unit it was issued to, where it's been, all that kind of stuff.

Unfortunately, my grandmother only told me about having it after my grandpa died. I was only 11 or 12 at the time, so I hadn't really developed the interest that I have now. I do know that he went into the ETO through Omaha Beach on June 8th (I think he was in the 16th Inf.; the sister unit of the 116th Inf that landed there on D-Day.) he was in the Battle of the Bulge and got a Silver Star and a Purple Heart. I think that's where he got the Luger from a dead German soldier. I'll have to ask my mother if my grandmother ever wrote down how he acquired it since my grandmother has passed on.