Miss HSc 703857 - i am stunned...3 cuts on grip plate???

[kubel]

We are, however, talking about the sidearm of a representative of an extremely brutal regime.

Agreed, although the majority of Germans during the Third Reich were normal people, just like you and me.

Although kill markings would greatly enhance the story of any weapon, outside of Hollywood, I'm not sure that was even a German tradition. Almost every supposed kill marking I've ever seen on any weapon was done by a GI on a GI weapon and usually postwar to enhance value or create awe.

Anyway, I would think that anyone proud enough to put kill marks on a weapon probably would've been a little more deliberate and/or elaborate and probably wouldn't have put them in that location. The markings on the pistol depicted look more like symmetrical dents impressed into the wood by some object it was pressed against (a spring as mentioned?) rather than intentionally inscribed kill markings.

To me, it's kind of like seeing the face of Jesus in a cloud. Is it really Jesus? A coincidence? Or people seeing what they want to believe? Nobody will probably ever know the real answer.