I’m guessing this is a Walther that was gifted to Hitler, not what he actually used or “owned” in the conventional sense.
Heads of state get all sorts of ceremonial gifts that they usually inspect once then sit in storage somewhere never to be used again
starsNjars on
From Putin’s desk?
middlechildanonymous on
Hitler had a little pp
AMightyDwarf on
This one isn’t going to make it into the next episode of cursed guns for Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK to review, is it.
BDSb on
I didn’t need to see a picture of Hitler’s PP this morning.
Interesting-Risk6446 on
What is the fixation of gold with dictators? Oh. Wait.
Livid_Zucchini_1625 on
kind of gaudy for the fascist aesthetic of the time. I don’t know that Hugo boss would approve
NelsonMinar on
Is there any reason to think this object is authentic? There’s no source provided. (Note the Guns America watermark.)
Leonarr on
[in Solid Snake’s voice]:
*It’s a nice gun, I give him that. But the engraving gave him no tactical advantage whatsoever… unless he was planning to auction it off as a collector’s item.*
sean_rooney2000 on
This is a dumb post. Either fake or not his gun. “Hitler’s guns” have been a topic of humongous debate of authenticity. We know that yes, he probably was given fancy pieces from factories, but few guns have actually been narrowed down to have actually been given
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I wonder where this was found.
I’m guessing this is a Walther that was gifted to Hitler, not what he actually used or “owned” in the conventional sense.
Heads of state get all sorts of ceremonial gifts that they usually inspect once then sit in storage somewhere never to be used again
From Putin’s desk?
Hitler had a little pp
This one isn’t going to make it into the next episode of cursed guns for Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK to review, is it.
I didn’t need to see a picture of Hitler’s PP this morning.
What is the fixation of gold with dictators? Oh. Wait.
kind of gaudy for the fascist aesthetic of the time. I don’t know that Hugo boss would approve
Is there any reason to think this object is authentic? There’s no source provided. (Note the Guns America watermark.)
[in Solid Snake’s voice]:
*It’s a nice gun, I give him that. But the engraving gave him no tactical advantage whatsoever… unless he was planning to auction it off as a collector’s item.*
This is a dumb post. Either fake or not his gun. “Hitler’s guns” have been a topic of humongous debate of authenticity. We know that yes, he probably was given fancy pieces from factories, but few guns have actually been narrowed down to have actually been given