High-ranking Nazis and revolvers ?

Stu · 11-30-2002, 03:17 PM

Very interesting ! It may very well be true, someone here I bet knows the details.

I confess I'm a little surprised if that's the way the PPK was surrendered, in it's nice little case and all ?

This is the sale report though;

James D. Julia's Firearms sales nearly always include a few collectable lots from the Nazi regime, but rarely has a lot as complete and compelling as the two pistols related to the capture of Hermann Goering come under Julia's gavel. The historic offering included the engraved, gold-washed Walther PPK in its original box surrendered by Goering in May, 1945; a 1911 Colt belonging to Lt. Jerome Shapiro, the Jewish American soldier who captured Goering; and a Felderrnhall Celtic-style dagger. The items had come to auction through a friend of Lt. Shapiro who had acquired them from Shapiro's widow. The Goering lot, with a final selling price of $79,500, was one of the top sellers of the two-day sale held Oct. 8th & 9th at Yoken?s Convention Center in Portsmouth, NH.

Just as interesting is this page I found, denying this legitimacy of the PPK;

http://www.kwanah.com/36division/ps/ps0277.htm

Browsing other sites, some people claim Stack took the credit for Shapiro's capture, others deny Shapiro's involvement.

I suspect we need someone who's done some serious research to sort this one out !

That's one of the drawbacks about the web; there's so much info out there, which of it is true ?

11-30-2002, 03:17 PM	#16
Stu User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 452 Thanks: 4 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Very interesting ! It may very well be true, someone here I bet knows the details. I confess I'm a little surprised if that's the way the PPK was surrendered, in it's nice little case and all ? This is the sale report though; James D. Julia's Firearms sales nearly always include a few collectable lots from the Nazi regime, but rarely has a lot as complete and compelling as the two pistols related to the capture of Hermann Goering come under Julia's gavel. The historic offering included the engraved, gold-washed Walther PPK in its original box surrendered by Goering in May, 1945; a 1911 Colt belonging to Lt. Jerome Shapiro, the Jewish American soldier who captured Goering; and a Felderrnhall Celtic-style dagger. The items had come to auction through a friend of Lt. Shapiro who had acquired them from Shapiro's widow. The Goering lot, with a final selling price of $79,500, was one of the top sellers of the two-day sale held Oct. 8th & 9th at Yoken?s Convention Center in Portsmouth, NH. Just as interesting is this page I found, denying this legitimacy of the PPK; http://www.kwanah.com/36division/ps/ps0277.htm Browsing other sites, some people claim Stack took the credit for Shapiro's capture, others deny Shapiro's involvement. I suspect we need someone who's done some serious research to sort this one out ! That's one of the drawbacks about the web; there's so much info out there, which of it is true ?