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dan · 01-09-2002, 12:46 AM

I'm not sure if it came from an officer or not, but I do know that he got it off of a German who had been killed. (He was dead before my father found him). I have the papers that his comanting officer gave to him so bring it back into the states. Some sort of custom papers, that says

"As his comading officer, I certify that the above named

-------by authority of this Theater Commander to retain the above items of captured enemy material (the 9mm Luger) it was dated July 23 1945. The papers are pretty hammered. The holster is stamped with what looks like WaA100 with a swastica (don't know if that's spelled right) below it. As far as I can tell, all the numbers are matching.

Is there any way for me to post a picture on this site?

01-09-2002, 12:46 AM	#14
dan User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Taken from a German officer, more of the story I'm not sure if it came from an officer or not, but I do know that he got it off of a German who had been killed. (He was dead before my father found him). I have the papers that his comanting officer gave to him so bring it back into the states. Some sort of custom papers, that says "As his comading officer, I certify that the above named -------by authority of this Theater Commander to retain the above items of captured enemy material (the 9mm Luger) it was dated July 23 1945. The papers are pretty hammered. The holster is stamped with what looks like WaA100 with a swastica (don't know if that's spelled right) below it. As far as I can tell, all the numbers are matching. Is there any way for me to post a picture on this site?