Erfurt 1918

[danielsand]

Originally Posted by Curss

Sounds like another Erfurt has found a good home. Gotta love that crown stamped on the toggle.

Yes! The crown depicts some more valiant times, and somehow connects me with my family history. I am German by ancestry (50%,....Mother was Austrian), and my family was HEAVILY involved in WW2. My grandfather (paternal) was a high ranking officer in the Imperial Germany, and never had any likes for Hitler, and his cronies (KIA in 1915).

My father, on the other hand, was a mid level officer in Abwehr, and after the war, served as a diplomat for the U.S. (emigrated to US in 1947, and started to work for State Department the following year).

So this old warhorse will have a nice home, it will be taken care off, and shot occasionally. Mostly it will be used as a "night stand" gun, and sometimes it will have a duty to scare off mountain lions, and coyotes off the ranch (I don't kill them, I just want them away from the livestock).

At this time, I am looking into buying a repro holster for it (Uhlan), so I can take it on horseback, when I'm "riding fences".