A Pistol For Hitler

 history, photography, weapons
Jun 052011
 

And on the opposite end of the scale from the Liberator, here’s a pistol presented to Hitler. With enough blingtastic mother-of-pearl and gold plating to satisfy your average pimp or rapper, this .32 caliber “Lilliput” Model 1 semi-automatic wandered out of Europe at the end of WWII in the posession of an average GI. It’s now on display at the West Point museum

 Posted by at 7:35 pm

  6 Responses to “A Pistol For Hitler”

  1. jcmiller says:
    June 5, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    I hope the donor is financially secure… because if they aren’t, they sure missed a chance to be.

  2. Andrew Gorman says:
    June 5, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    Hermann Goring’s humidor is in the museum at Fort Benning…

  3. Pat Flannery says:
    June 5, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    I imagine Hitler got all sorts of weird gifts from people.
    That is one pretty laughable looking over-the-top pistol though.
    And .22 caliber? What’s he supposed to do with it? Shoot Siberian rats because noses aren’t the right shape, and they may breed with good and decent German rats? 😀

  4. Pat Flannery says:
    June 5, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    BTW, one of the antique shops in our town used to have some Hitler related memorabilia, including a National Socialist Horse Breeding Medal… I kept picturing these blond, blue-eyed horses goose-stepping around.
    Oddest thing though was some sort of Adolf Hitler Commemorative Handkerchief that had little detachable swastika charms attached to it to give to your friends.
    Question of the week is whether you would dare blow your nose with it without fearing arrest by the Gestapo?

  5. sferrin says:
    June 7, 2011 at 4:39 am

    “They’re ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol.”

    🙂

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