Engraved Gun Taken From Dead Nazi SS Officer | Buchenwald Camp | WW2 Walther PP | Walk-in Wednesday

In another Walk-in Wednesday episode, Tom tells us the story of how he acquired an engraved Walther PP from a dead SS officer in Buchenwald Concentration Camp. This is the story of Lt. Col. Tedford Blaisdell.
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[@williamcarey8529]

As the great German statesman Otto von Bismarck quoted "never are more lies said; before an election; during a war; or after the hunt". Otto von Bismarck was definitely right about what he said!!

[@stnln2180]

Regardless of Bismarck's quote National Socialism is Evil..... on too many levels to consider it anything but Evil.... of course you may argue that not everything Nazis have done is Evil.... of course not :) but.... the very idea of "Master Race" is Evil because it justify enslavement and extermination of other human being.... and I don't think it's coincidental that it based on Leftist's ideology of Group Identity.... I hope you would agree with me on that :)

[@redcrown0694]

Thanks I will remember that

[@gerardosalazar161]

Many times I dream how great it would had been if Germany had won the war. Just imagine to have a really unified Europe under one flag and one language. Our cities would be European cities without racial or religious terrorist groups waiting to jump on the innocent. The Middle East would be in peace without having a reason to declare violence and Africa would be free of these liberated republics in which the local president for life steals and kills at will. There would be no Soviet Union with all the horror Communism brought to the world and as for America, oh righteous reader, it would had continue with its segregation laws that even today, albeit in a hidden way, are followed by many. Well-to-do would continue to buy Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Walther pistols would be great to own. Thank you. And I agree with Bismarck, lies are told by the victors; just remember Eisenhowers´s Death Camps for German POWs. But since he won there is movie about it....yet.

[@gerardosalazar161]

Sorry. There is no movie...yet.

[@stnln2180]

@@gerardosalazar161 Gerado Salazar.... :) Ha...Ha.... you are not even Nordic..... you would be probably chemically castrated and used as a slave to serve Master Race..... Truly stupid is as stupid does.....

[@Couture.m]

I really appreciate you finding my great-grandfather's pistol, may I have it back?

[@c0vertt470]

😂

[@theitalianfukr4270]

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[@cgrob04]

Are you for real?

[@jbuckley2546]

@@cgrob04 Are you?

[@sonnieboi9505]

nine

[@68air]

The story of the SS officer over the fence is kind of sketchy. If the area was safe enough for congressmen to visit there likely would be no armed dead officers laying around.

[@aaroninman2647]

68air true I was in the army and EVERY time someone semi high up came we had to make the AO spotless and “presentable” haha

[@68air]

@@aaroninman2647 Same-just saying. They really sweated the load on that stuff.

[@adrianotero7963]

The story is BS but it really helps.with the selling price of the firearm.....as for the officer laying over a fence ? Supposedly this was after the camp was liberated....how long does it take to get 2 congressman to visit a death camp ? At the best 2 weeks....si this German officer was laying over a fence for two weeks after liberation? Please .....

[@jasonmalone6983]

68air totally agree. This would have been taken by the person who killed the German.

[@robertlipsey6056]

I too believe the pistol would have been taken by whoever killed the officer.

[@lestercombs1871]

I love how you go out of your way to answer our questions.

[@davidberry6046]

I was a police officer in 1974, working sales behind the counter of a gun dealership in College Park, Georgia, just to make a little extra money. A nice little old lady walked into the store and carefully placed a beautiful walnut presentation case on the counter in front of me and said "I need the money, otherwise I wouldn't be selling it, because it belonged to my late husband. He brought it back from Germany after the war. A gun dealer down the street offered me $500 for it. The way he looked at it, I got the impression it was worth a lot more, so I thought to bring it to you folks for an estimate of it's value." The case had a medallion on the top that looked either plated with or solid gold with the Olympic rings engraved into it and enameled in different colors. Within the case was a Walther PP, fully engraved, gold plated, with Olympic rings engraved on the side of the weapon that was visible. I never touched the Walther, as I knew what its' value must have been, even in 1974! I told the lady that I would get the store manager to take a look at her weapon and when the manager saw it, he immediately asked the lady to bring the case and come with him to his office. A few minutes later, he came and asked me if I would call the dept. I worked for and run the serial number on NCIC, which I did, and it came back clean. I never saw that lady again, but the manager told me later that they were able to place it into a very special auction for her, along with the J.P. Sutherland Colt collection, and that she would probably receive about 100 times what the neighborhood gun dealer had offered her! This was one of those moments in my life I'll never forget, and I was so glad that lady didn't get ripped off!

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Great story and thank for doing that for her. Im sure it is still in someone's collection. Wish it was in mine. I would do a video on it. :)

[@gallen7878]

Thank God there are still honest people in this world as Mr. Berry.

[@bugzie706]

Its quite possible the manager lied, and bought the gun from the little old lady for $1,000.00 right? I wish you would have verified the story with the little lady, as when he took her back in the office in private raises a red flag in secrecy.

[@johnvarley984]

Ppm.

[@olrikparlez3152]

@Johnston Steiner Sure he would buddy...that's good teevee!

[@carpetfarmer]

My great uncle in law (Col Hardy Hollers) was an atty in the Nuremberg Triials & was given a death's head luger at the end of the trials by then Gen Eisenhower. It is still treasured by our family.

[@MrPacproductions]

Whom did it belong to, was it one of the defendants?

[@skillercruz5539]

Thr

[@dottedlineenigmas4469]

My Dad got one that looked just like it from Buchenwald. He was one of the first into that hell hole. Unfortunately, his was stolen in 1955 (or there abouts,) by the only person that knew he had it and where it was hidden. (Other than myself.). It was a real loss to him.

[@timothymarshall8623]

Your Mom?

[@ekbfkbdbdb5869]

That gun goes up in value for every year when the last ww2 vet dies that is going to be really valuable

[@Kingtate55]

Not for this gun because this wasnt a military issued weapon. It was purchased off the street by god knows who.

[@DEATHofSEASONS789]

Not really, as the generation dies the values have steadily gone down, because the people who collected them and appreciated them are going away. Luger's used to hold upwards of atleast $1500 and you can pick them up for $700-$800 now

[@charpsteve36]

4:20 kind of surreal, I received a 1911 engraved with my class seal year etc upon graduation from The Naval Academy. Sure hope its never being presented in Chinese or Russian on a show like this lol.

[@ChuckBeefOG]

If US and Israel keep it up in the middle east it might just happen. Thanks for your service.

[@everydayabovegroundisagood1693]

Go Navy, Fly Navy

[@noahhess4955]

Let’s hope not! With amazing people like you continuing to volunteer their services in times of war I think we’ll be okay. Thank you!

[@alchemist1111]

We have many politicians selling us out to China all the time and it goes back a long time now. We need to stop it and keep the radical socialists and communists from getting seats in the house. How did we end up in a situation where we depend on an aggressive communist nation with a terrible human right record for our industrial, military and pharmaceutical needs? By mistake? I don’t think so.

[@G1CAAAAEO]

"Grandpa took this pistol from a dead US officer"

[@Quattro312]

The true story is that the us-soldiers killed the SS officer (all members of the SS were killed by the allied in the last days of WWII) and took the Walther away.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Actually, many of the SS were killed by German soldiers who had been terrorized by the SS for years.

[@toosunakabooma1213]

Engraving at this level of intensity had to have taken hundreds of hours. With all the incredible computer guided trickery that is finding its way to passionate hobbysts seeking

[@scottdoherty7531]

my buddy has a 1911 stamped in 1938, that was commendered my an ss officer, its engraved, has an ss stamp, and custom grips that feature a swastika. his grandfather brought it back from the invasion of juno beach. beautiful peice of history.

[@doug1123]

TGC sent me, great channel so far. Keep it up all.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks for the feedback & sub!

[@percyjackson2800]

Legacy Collectibles I’ll get on it right away. Let me call the manufacturer in Germany and see if they can trace guns from that time back to the original owner. Stay tuned.

[@kevind3185]

My Grandpa fought for General Patton Third Army 94th Infantry Division, Awarded a Silver Star and Purple Heart. He brought back a Walther, No it didn't come from a dead SS. He took it off a German Pow he had captured. He stashed the pistol many times because of the fear of being captured with it. Almost lost it in the Battle of the Bulge because of fresh snow. The pistol was Nickel Plated. It was a blued finish when he took it from the German. He was stationed in Czechoslovakia after the war he paid three packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes to have that gun nickel-plated.

[@danielswartz6818]

My dad was in the 94 th aswell.

[@kevind3185]

@@danielswartz6818 look up the 94th Infantry Historical on Facebook.

[@the8jrfan]

From TGC. This channel is going to explode if you keep these vids up.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks for the feedback & for subbing to the channel! We'll get some more videos rolling soon ! Hopefully a few each week :)

[@Error-5478]

Aside from the story, someone truly loved this gun. As you said it was probably a present for accomplishing something. It's nice to see that it's still around today and it's being treated with the respect it deserves.

[@officerfriendly1230]

Usually officers would carry a Walther P38 or a Lugar P08 and for another pistol they would have a Walther PPK

[@mfreund15448]

I would think the opposite about the soldier. He was smart and connected well enough to stay off the eastern front.

[@bloodybones63]

I know noth...thing!

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Good point

[@urgonnaluvit]

Yet he was dead , hanging over a barb wire fence ???

[@urgonnaluvit]

@@fontaineking5158 dofus???? Are you an idiot????t 😂

[@fontaineking5158]

@@urgonnaluvit You got me. 👍 Misread.

[@TopSecretVid]

Still no proof of who carried this gun during the war. Zero provenance..no period photos of the gun..no documentation etc. Nice gun though.

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Yes, just a sworn death bed affidavit from one of our vets. Believe it or not, the GIs did not travel thru the war with their lawyers and stenographers getting sworn documents. Of course no one stopped to get photos and signatures along the way.

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

@K. Schmid if you watched the video i say it is a private purchase factory engraved gun. It is not an SS issued gun. Serial number is in the proper range for factory engraved.

[@kinglouis6974]

I’m not wanting an argument here ppl but you must know the wealth of the German ppl in the 40’s especially the nazis , yes you could be right but so could he , ya know the funny thing is I’ve always wondered y ppl hate on this stuff, it’s history and yes I get it not a nice history but if you don’t like this kind of information don’t watch it .

[@franciszeklatinik889]

@@kinglouis6974 Very true considering when you think about it. Same the thing about the Nazi stuff could be said about stuff from a Communist Country, the British, French, and etc Colonial stuff, and even things of American Origin made in between 1800 and 1920.

[@jxinx6812]

@@thomaswhiteman4261 Likely, the piece of crap SS stole it from someone else. Still a very pretty gun

[@rerite2]

Not to brag, but I've got a water pistol that once belonged to Captain Kangaroo.

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Very cool

[@on2wheels378]

It belong to Herr Goebbel's Camera man when he made those propaganda films. Hahaha.

[@randy7068]

Name your price.

[@on2wheels378]

@@randy7068 Ask if it's engraved first.

[@MichaelSmith-xc7jq]

That was my favorite show when i was 4-5.

[@joycethompson1361]

A man in our neighhood was in supply in the war. One time when I was little his son, who was much older than me took me inside his house. It was full of weapons he had sent back to himself from Europe. I guess he showed us because we were playing war.

[@sanjoseserrato1318]

Joyce Thompson the brother send stolen guns from Europe 👍

[@m42037]

Funny how so many Americans never been to Europe and talk like it's a million miles away. It's only little over 3,200 miles away lol I been to Europe 7 times

[@joycethompson1361]

@@sanjoseserrato1318 yep

[@teej783]

My father-in-law brought back a Nazi Officer's Walther PP with the leather flap holster. He got it when his Glider Unit helped liberate Dachau. I met him when he was 72 (28 years ago) and he still knew his 3 General Orders and all of his bayonet moves. He only told me because I was Army SF. Too bad he gave it to his youngest son but my wife did get a ceremonial sword and a paratrooper 8mm rifle with the bayonet that folds under the forehand grip.

[@LyudmilaRGVK]

I entered my dads house one day and made the mistake of asking if the Samurai Sword on the Piano was real.Evidently one of his brothers, a United States Marine brought it back from the Pacific,possibly Iwo Jima.

[@miisu111]

how did he got it , probably killd the former owner

[@johnkizziah108]

I absolutely love learning about guns of history please keep it up..

[@jackieallen3344]

My uncle who was in Italy during World War II. With the 473 infantry division. They captured a Nazi position and he was searching the German soldiers after their capture.He recovered a pistol from the Germans Officers boot. when I was a kid I used to pester him about what he did in the war. And he would show me the gun that he brought back. When a local gun dealer found out that he had the gun he offered to buy it right away. But he wouldn’t take it. But I guess the offer was too good to turn down because he eventually sold it to a gun dealer out of New York. It was a big deal at the time because this was in rural Mississippi.

[@MrWarwick15]

Really enjoying your channel! Thank you. Thanks also to Ian from Forgotten Weapons for the heads up. All the best from an English guy living in France, Rich.

[@josephbingham1255]

At the formerly held Great Western Gun and Militaria Show held in Pomona, California I saw a small gold colored pistol with a document from a German pistol manufacturer saying their research showed the pistol had been presented to Himmler upon his visit to their factory.

[@redram5150]

I have a Belgian British Bulldog revolver my grandfather took off a Nazi soldier during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, who most likely took it as a souvenir himself. It’s a really odd little gun with no trigger guard and a folding-forward trigger that can be used to cock it. Spends all its time in an oily rag. I highly doubt it was fired much before WWII, and it hasn’t been fired since.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Great story. I'm from southern Indiana and a doctor in the towm next to me had the best ww2 collection. He only bought from vets, but he had unforms and helmets and guns, etc. Anyway. Great vid. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed..

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

I was born in Logansport

[@johnblack1212]

I came over from TGC and wasn't disappointed, just subscribed!

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks for the sub! We'll get some more videos posted soon!

[@thorfinthorfin3010]

Now that's a tastful pistol. No plastic. No red dot. Just the world's best steel and craftsmanship. No batteries required.

[@869-r2j]

whats wrong with plastic

[@fontaineking5158]

@@869-r2j It's plastic!

[@josefstalin4532]

@@fontaineking5158 Tell that to the plastic grips..

[@fontaineking5158]

@@josefstalin4532 I don't do plastic. Not even scales.

[@fontaineking5158]

@Josh D Still ugly.

[@davidwinklepleck1196]

I have a 1939 Beretta 380 that my dad took from a expired Italian soldier in WW 2

[@SnarkyPosters]

Just sent here by Jon at TGC. Everything looks awesome, subbed and looking forward to your new videos.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thank you! We look forward to getting some more cool videos up for you guys! We appreciate the subscribe too :)

[@davidabell2020]

You did it again. What a great story and video.

[@thomaschancellor9470]

Hmmmm.... How much time do you think elapsed from the time Buchenwald was liberated to when an Army Air Corps officer could fly a couple of congressmen down to Buchenwald for a tour? Weeks? I think, by the time this tour happened, any SS bodies would have been "disposed of" and, certainly, any souvenir pistols would have been long gone (Taken by the front-line troops who liberated the camp). Its an interesting story but, again, just because the veteran recited this story, doesn't necessarily make it true. More than likely, this gentleman traded something (Cash?) for this pistol.

[@TheSensor123]

Well - actually nearly 2 weeks. As a matter of simply looking up what you can find in history books: Buchenwald was liberated on April 11th. To confront german population, around 1000 inhabitants of nearby city Weimar were sent to visit the camp and see piles of body on April 16th. That happend on command of american authorities. A group of american politicians (Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Sen. Charles W. Brooks, Rep Dewey Jackson Short, Rep. John Martin Vorys, Rep. Edouard Izac) visited on April 24th. Among the journalists that visited that day was also a certain Joseph Pulitzer... Also - the list of SS guards present at they is documented very well - and probably just an email away from obtaining by getting in touch with the Buchenwald memorial and museum. On the other hand - I am not sure if there is sufficient documentation available about purchases of factory engraved Walther PPs. Although it is worth noticing that the Walther Factory was only ~ 50 miles away from Buchenwald...

[@uncleduey6105]

Walther PP personally my favorite of all time then add that oak engraving looks as good as Halley Berry

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

Uncle Duey, do you by any chance have brothers named Huey and Louis? Or an uncle named Donald?

[@kevinramsey6124]

TGC sent me! Great to see another guntuber getting more info out. Especially history and classic guns.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks Kevin! We'll keep posting so stay tuned !

[@BlazingHoundoomMC]

TGC sent me. Beautiful pistol and great video. Keep it up.

[@timblack131]

TGC sent me and I am glad they did! I like a lil' history with my firearms. Looking forward to more content, meanwhile I'll check out the stuff you already have up.

[@sherlock9397]

That SS pistol is the pistol of a man who was either a high ranking officer or a rich man or someone who was in the inner circle, either way it’s a beautiful despite its history and I love to own one

[@deathlarsen7502]

Despite its history. IF you were a veteran, and I can tell you aren't, you'd know the manipulation of the media and politicians of what war is. WW2 apart from the Japanese theater is a regrettable war for USA.

[@sherlock9397]

Death Larsen I am going to be honest I don’t really know how to respond to your comment but, I understand some of what you’re saying and as for the whole regrettable war for the USA I couldn’t really comment on that because I am British and my country declared war on the Axis powers first, in America’s case the Axis powers declared war on the US which is why America joined the War they would have stayed neutral if the Axis powers left America alone.

[@angelbruno6556]

Beautiful piece of history

[@deathlarsen7502]

Apart from WW2 I can say with no gray areas that since WW2 every war USA has been in has been a farce to support the military industrial complex and Israel. Vietnam was a farce, gulf of Tonkin? I've seen better staged events on Broadway or April Fools Day. The current, longest war in USA history that has NO plan on ever ending, is a total farce. What's the point of us being there? Usa fights wars for Israel when hardly an American Jew joins the US military. AIPAC should be eliminated, epstien was financed by Israel to blackmail powerful western politicians to always support Israel. This is what war is about. I say and know this as a Veteran USMC.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Chris Russell You seem to forget who started WW2..

[@silverfingerthesilverstack5062]

Stunning gun, love it, can't believe I only just come across your great channel despite being a pre 1945 gun buff in the UK for decades and using youtube for years, typical youtube censorships, have subscribed.

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

We are just getting started. Only began doing this in earnest about 6 months ago. Glad you found us

[@mindeloman]

I've always been one of those, "if only this gun could talk," sort of guys. It's cool you have the history on this example.....to a point. The point at which it was liberated from the dead officer. It stands to good reason that gun's history is even darker. It's a good bet it got used from time to time to dispatch concentration camp internees.

[@ingurlund9657]

That's what I thought. It would have been used to murder innocent civilians.

[@Joe-xh2lk]

Dispatch is definitely not the right term in this case. It was murder, nothing else.

[@dennispfeifer7788]

Nice Chem Trail at Buchenwald Camp Sky Photo!!!! Real Nice! Ain't it amazing they did not start spraying until 1990's or so...but, the trail is in 1944 or so...good work! Excellent! Slip it in there...but, you sound like a nice man and may not know...

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Good eye. Didnt notice

[@Oldcrow77]

I don’t think he was trying to pass it off as a picture from the 40’s period. For one it’s in color. Also if you look at the picture the place is cleaner than the entrance to Disneyland.

[@PaulThorpeOfficial]

So many doubters when it comes to a good story. Enjoyed that. People get hung up on paperwork, like just before his death the German SS officer would have thought 'hey, I must leave a note saying this gun was taken from me after I was killed'... Story sounds good to me.

[@doheo33]

I own the sword once used by St. Peter who cut off the ear of the soldier. The serial number on it is the absolute proof.

[@samrock7632]

If you want to complete the set, I'll sell you the soldier's ear. My great great great great great great great great, etc grandfather was the good friend of St Peter and they were fishing buddys.

[@boblindstrom3479]

Sorry, but I'm a sceptic. Not that the gun isn't from the war but how it was acquired. Buchenwald was evacuated by the German Officers before the US Army reached it and liberated it. I, too, have no proof, but my father in law was there with his Kodak and described, in detail, what they found when the gates were opened. There had been an uprising and all the Germans had been killed. He said there were only tower guards dead in the camp. They had been pulled down beaten and shot. The prisoners actually did have some couple of hundred guns that had been taken from various sources. Those guns were taken by the US for the prisoners own safety. The prisoners were aware that they were about to be rescued (I don't know how they knew) but perhaps the fleeing of the German troops in the camp was their clue. There was no German resistance when liberated as there were no alive Germans there. Sure wish more had been documented. This gun could very well have come from an Officer of Buchenwald but acquired by different means. Story embellished? Sounds good though.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

I certainly would not argue what Buchenwald was like at the end of the war. I was not there. Also, I did another video on a GI story about a P.38 "Amazing Find". Both videos were critiqued that "the story is not plausible". But as a collector, when I have a sworn / notarized affidavit from the GI who brought the gun home. And when (in both cases) it is a "death bed" declaration, I find it hard to question the GI's honesty. Is it possible that memories are clouded or embellished over time. Absolutely. But if feel compelled to continue telling the stories of our GI's and the "capture" guns that they brought home. In any case I appreciate your perspective.

[@boblindstrom3479]

@@LegacyCollectibles I understand. My father in law brought back a nice German Luger, holster and two matching numbered mags. He said he traded for it. He was a Staff Sgt in commissary supply. He said that he never fired his rifle and all those behind the front lines traded (chocolate, smokes, etc) for stuff they wanted. Pretty common he said.

[@DANYMITERESTORATION]

Amazing find and story. Came a full circle. Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed and subscribed!

[@laird340]

TGC sent me over. Great video. Looking forward to some more awesome videos.

[@theGreaterAwareness]

One of the most beautiful guns I've ever seen.

[@stranraerwal]

well-who knows how many innocent people got killed with your "most beautiful gun". You guys are really sick,

[@fontaineking5158]

@@stranraerwal The gun didn't do shit. It's a tool you fucking tool. Get a life loser.

[@stranraerwal]

​@@fontaineking5158 You seem to have lost all your tools respectively your few marbels!

[@josefstalin4532]

@@stranraerwal So if I use a beautiful painting to smash someone's head in, is it not still a beautiful painting, regardless of what it was once used for?

[@stranraerwal]

@@josefstalin4532 : listen you stupid Stalin Blockhead: Your analogy stinks. The painting represents art. It was created to be a joy in the eye of the beholder. The pistol was created to KILL-period. That it's mechanic and it's finishing might be a joy to some is unquestionable-but its original purpose is totally different from the purpose of the painting. Last but not least. when have you heard of a painting being used to kill someone???

[@thenakedsingularity]

It's a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing.

[@flaminglaughter]

With the serial number can’t you at least find out who bought it. It would be very interesting to know more of the story of this SS Nazi. It would make that pistol more valuable as well!

[@erikjohnson1412]

Tgc sent me, let’s see y’all got. Looking forward to watching backlog and future videos.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks Erik! We're working on adding new videos each week and showing off some really cool guns / pieces of history

[@bunsonhoneydew9099]

Wow Thanks for the video. This really is a piece of significantly historic and interesting piece. You always get the coolest guns.

[@BushcraftingBogan]

Phenomenal video! Phenomenal piece of history!

[@thomasdonnelly2642]

I just subscribed and I'm looking forward to the historic firearms you will show! Ps. TGC sent me

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks for subscribing! We'll be adding new videos each week and have a lot to show you guys!

[@dsbmwhacker]

I have a Mauser 98 bayonet brought back from WW2 Europe. Dad was an Airman....he bartered it from an Infantry man in England. The Infantry fellow brought it back from the D Day Invasion.

[@christophernemeth421]

I'm from TGC as well. Love your videos so far!

[@craigfelter]

Were there any SS officers that weren't Nazis? You know the old joke: "In the dictionary under 'redundant' it says 'see redundant'."

[@FubarSir]

Craig Felter All SS members, “Schutzaffel” , protection squadron, were members of the Nazi Party. Most German “regular army” soldiers were not.

[@MJ-ed7is]

@@FubarSir except foreign ss legions. Those were non-aryans. Germans had a right not to salute officers in higher rank if he was of foreign legion. huh, funny.

[@billb89]

Jochen Piper wasn't a Nazi party member.

[@electrichellion5946]

Here via TCG. I like your channel. Good stuff.

[@servererrorpleasetryagain2707]

I’m another that subscribed on the recommendation of TGC. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@BillyRowleyTowers]

TGC sent me here and I am not disappointed

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks so much for your feedback! We plan to continue adding videos each week! Thanks for subscribing!

[@matthewdowd4686]

Great video, I’m subbing! Looking forward to more great stories about incredible guns!

[@mikjon67]

Let me call a friend who knows a lot about ww2 weapons....

[@flipeverything2734]

Tcg sent me..I very much enjoy historical and educational content. Thank you.

[@knunyabeasewhacks8744]

More than likely, he picked it off an enlisted man, who took it off the German.

[@robertlennhoff7403]

A dead SS officer folded over a wall probably a week or more after the camp was liberated,I don;t think so. Agree it was bought from a GI.

[@509hunter9]

What caliber is it ? From the barrel it looks like a 22. But the ejection looks like a 45.

[@jamiesuvo7420]

That is awesome. I would love to have that in a collection.

[@mr.tall-man1573]

I would ask if you've thought of looking into SS officers assigned to that camp at that time but it may bring about some international lawsuit not worth the story..........hahah. Nice find and nice story!

[@alsad6699]

TGC suggested you as good channel... I am glad John did 😊

[@ryanderrickson6949]

Hi and thanks. What would be the best way to research a german mauser? I have done some but not much avail. Any help is appreciated

[@LegacyCollectibles]

All records were destroyed at the factory. There is not way to get records. The only way I have access to info is to look for a name on the holster or capture papers. For this story, there was a piece of paper inside the holster with the name of the vet. If you email me photos of the Mauser I can at least they you make and model and date range for production.

[@ryanderrickson6949]

@@LegacyCollectibles out of the research that I did. The results that I found by year of manufacture (1940) and by serial number and the markings of the swaticas and the swastikas with the eagles, it was made in Austria by I'm going to call it ADW company because I can't remember what the A or the W stands for. The D is Daimler. And at the time they were making rifles for the SS. The rifle is numbers matching to everything. It has been sporterized so the tob stock and part of the bottom stock are missing along with the bayonet lug. I was just wondering if there was a way to narrow it down even further. Thanks for your input.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

@@ryanderrickson6949 So you are talking about a K98? The initials are, I believe, a code for the Styer Factory. But cant say for sure. W is usually "works". So Daimler Works. ?

[@ryanderrickson6949]

@@LegacyCollectibles yes this is a k98 or at least that's what I'm told I've been trying to confirm that to be true for years now. I will send pictures and a serial number at my earliest convenience. Thanks again.

[@mattmorrison9379]

New sub. TGC sent me. Cool channel ;). Gotta love the peices with a good bit of history to go along with it

[@WhatHavU]

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[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

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[@LegacyCollectibles]

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[@xioix5758]

TGC sent me. Looking forward to more great and informative content!

[@MadDogSurvival]

Interesting item! Its a shame that gun can’t talk ! Thanks for sharing your historical pistol story! Best wishes friend 👍🏽👍🏽😎

[@michaelragains4938]

Tgc sent me here, looking forward to your excellent content

[@aol11]

Most people brought back a gun and said it was from a dead SS officer, my great grandfather brought one back and said he traded a pack of cigarettes for it. The look on his face when he told the story definitely said he didn't trade a pack of cigarettes for it..

[@itsmeguys7715]

brian b I was told by mine he swapped a pack of cigs for a german pocket watch.

[@ussling]

Thank you for the history of that remarkable pistol. I wonder if it, like my WW2 German Mauser K98k 8mm, have blood on them from fighting against the Allies then.

[@LyudmilaRGVK]

ANYONE CAUGHT WITH BLOOD ON THEIR WEAPON WILL BE SENT TO THE RUSSIAN FRONT! lol

[@ussling]

@@LyudmilaRGVK How our surplus weapons were used in WW2, at least my German rifle, is not known. By blood on the weapons means if Axis or Allied forces were killed in WW2 when these weapons were used in service. Since the WW2 German Mauser came into my hands a decade ago, it has menaced paper targets and the occasional marauding tree.

[@spakes6561]

7.92mm*

[@cuchulain1647]

I like cool guns with cool stories. Thank you.

[@mikeanderson3762]

I have an old battle worn PP from an old retired German man that was my neighbor outside Philly for fixing his bathroom . 1995 . I took it home and shot it in my backyard and got the worse slide bite I ever got lol . I never shot it again but still have it .

[@vicbanks9079]

Absolutely chilling and reprehensible you could possibly smile at the possession of this weapon that was owned by death camp officer. One need only close your eyes to imagine the fear, grief, pain that guy helped inflict on innocents. And much worse the actual deaths he personally executed with it. Maybe you should share that murderous story by donating it to the Holocaust Museum.

[@leeabney2974]

Relax bruh

[@fritzmckenzie3664]

great video , although I do wish the gun was in the museum at the Buchenwald camp on public display

[@benc1927]

Eerie and fascinting piece of history for a collection. Woule be nice to see in a museum someitme with a story like that to go with it.

[@TheNightninja23]

Weapon maker: how many oak leaves do you want on this pistol? SS: YA

[@richardbelden1590]

Ja lmao good one

[@christianfrye3884]

My grandpa was with pattons 3rd army 319th div co C and he help liberate the camp bill costly was his name miss you grandpa ........

[@joegraves3596]

Nice old school Walther.

[@rnmike1569]

Subscribed courtesy of TGC News!

[@scatwater]

Just saw you on TGC. Look forward to your content.

[@magicluis145]

TGC put me on this. Thankful he did, instant sub.

[@graham2631]

War prizes,as a boy l fished with a guy who was a ball turret gunner im unsure why he was in a B17 as my grandad also a canuck was in a halifax anyhow,one story l remember was when they came back aboard ship since they were low priority had a two week wait at anchor he said the boxing matches were something else but the poker games....l see your iron cross an raise with my luger...he said allmost anything you can imagine was in those games.

[@JesusRaves]

absolutely beautiful engraving.

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

It’s sobering to think that pistol could of been used to kill many innocent people 🥺 beautiful looking pistol and fine workmanship on the engraving.

[@matthewdowd4686]

Dr Gunsmith well said.

[@gerardosalazar161]

Dr Gunsmith Perhaps less than those innocents shot with a .45.

[@josefstalin4532]

@@gerardosalazar161 What comparatively significant number of innocent people were ever shot with a .45?

[@gerardosalazar161]

Josef Stalin If you review your History go to the Indian Wars and see how many Native Americans were murdered for no reason; find the Philippines war and read how many local people were shot by the American forces just because, and from there on review every campaign in which American forces were involved until you reach the war in Iraq. You’ll be surprised of how many cases of cold blood murder you will find. It is not a competition to see what caliber has killed more people just an historical review.

[@redrobur68]

I think the wrong thing is being discussed here. I am German, there was an SA man and an SS man in my family (medium ranks, nothing special). That is the reason why my family applied for proof of Aryans from the SS Race and Settlement Office during that time. After examination, the application was accepted. A creepy document. Around 250,000 people were imprisoned in Buchenwald, of whom around 50,000 died. The numbers are controversial. But even if it was only 10%, it's bad. Buchenwald wasn't even an extermination camp, they just died on the side. And that's the story behind this weapon.

[@kentonmiles]

Awesome story and firearm. TGC sent me and I'm subscribed now.

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Thanks for subbing!

[@ZephyrAlphaOne]

From a dead SS Officer to an Army Vet and then to Putin. That gun has quite the story.

[@patrickshaneomarra5162]

Officers had the fancy engravings.

[@rsuriyop]

The guy who took it from the body should've tried to look for the person's name. Could've possibly have been a fairly well known soldier of high rank and significance. Also, I'm sure that not all SS owned guns had been picked directly off the dead bodies themselves. Eventually, captured SS would also have to give up their own firearms as well. Anyhow, nice backstory to this very fine relic. Thanks for sharing.

[@kristheobserver]

Maybe the corpse was a bit nasty and he didn't want to.

[@michaelterry6143]

This is a bit off topic but your comment about, “This was taken from a dead SS officer” reminded me of a documentary that I saw recently. The documentary is called, “The Upside Down Book” (2013). A Jewish woman decided to make a film about a book that her family has owned since the war. The book was Mein Kampf and they kept the book on the shelf upside down, to show disrespect and probably because of superstitious reasons. The story was the family acquired the book from their uncle who took it off a dead German Soldier who he killed in battle. SPOILER ALERT There were inscriptions in the book to identify its’ original owner. What the true story ends up being is that the book was probably stolen by the uncle when they raided a German families house shortly after the war. This book was given out to anyone who got married in Germany during the third Reich so it was very common. It is an interesting documentary that touches on post war relations between the Germans and the Jews.

[@donaldhoogendoom8014]

what was written on the side? what do the engraved leaves mean?

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

That's a genuinely beautiful pistol, but I don't think I'd own it if you gave it to me. Not only did it ACTUALLY belong to an SS officer, but one who spent all his time at a camp? The only way I'd keep that pistol would be if I were the man that killed its owner, and probably not even then. Imagine the things that pistol has done.

[@Chriskros1984]

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[@rafco74]

TGC sent me!! Nice video!!!