Photo of captured Military Lugers

John Sabato · 12-04-2002, 11:19 AM

The photo "shows a U.S Army PFC counting captured hand guns in a arsenal in Norway imediately after the war."

This was quoted from the auction.

Here is the best I could do with a quality improvement and enlargement of the photo I downloaded.

I would suggest that the bulk of these pistols would eventually be issued to liberated allies like Norway for use by their un-equipped military and police... until replaced by something more modern years later...

The subsequent sale of these "surplus" pistols are where most all of the imported Lugers came from that were not direct bring-back war souveniers...

12-04-2002, 11:19 AM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	The photo "shows a U.S Army PFC counting captured hand guns in a arsenal in Norway imediately after the war." This was quoted from the auction. Here is the best I could do with a quality improvement and enlargement of the photo I downloaded. I would suggest that the bulk of these pistols would eventually be issued to liberated allies like Norway for use by their un-equipped military and police... until replaced by something more modern years later... The subsequent sale of these "surplus" pistols are where most all of the imported Lugers came from that were not direct bring-back war souveniers... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*