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German LP.08 Artillery Luger Captured by Canadian Soldier at Cambraia
Guns International #: 102148786 Seller's Inventory #: 44582
Category: Luger Pistols - Military Pistols - German
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
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Country: United States
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Description:
Serial #8156k, 9mm, 7 3/4" barrel with a very good, bright bore that has some light-moderate freckling within the grooves. This is a 1917 dated, DWM-made pistol, unobtrusively import marked on the underside of the barrel, that has all matching numbers with the metal retaining about 80% of the original blue finish on the metal which has silvered along some of the high and projecting edges and faded to a mottled plum-brown patina on the balance, heaviest on the sideplate. The gripstraps and some portions of the frame have been professionally cleaned and cold blue added which blends nicely into the original blue on the remainder. Traces of original straw color mixing with the overall bright metal are still present on the trigger, take-down lever, and ejector but the safety is gray with spots of dark pinprick pitting throughout. The single included magazine is also numbered to the gun. The checkered wooden grips are in very good shape with some flattening of the points and a yellow metal Canadian unit insignia added to the right panel for the 25th Bn. C.E.F. (The Nova Scotia Rifles). Both grip panels have been inscribed in ink on the interior: "CAMBRIA (sic)/OCT. 9Th 1918/L.F. MANNING 25th BN.", on the left panel; "THIS GUN WAS TA(KE)N (OFF)/A HUN OFFIC(ER)/CUT ON LEFT OF FIELD/AND CARRIED INTO GERMANY BY/LEONARD F. MANNING", on the right. The 25th Battalion was the first Nova Scotia unit to be raised and embarked for Great Britain in May of 1915, forming part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, C.E.F The 25th arrived at Ypres in September of 1915, consequently becoming the first Nova Scotia unit to see combat in the war, and spent the next 339 days in the morass of the Belgian trenches (164 days were spent on front line duty). Their casualties were horrendous and after the first year of service, only 100 effectives out of the initial 1000 were left. Nevertheless, by 1918, the 25th had amassed an impressive array of battle honors including such infamous actions as the Somme, Thiepval, Ypres, Hill 70, and Passchandaele before taking part in the Hundred Days Offensive which would effectively drive the Germans out of France. The 25th fought at Cambrai, which was a part of the offensive (not to be confused with the 1917 battle at Cambai in which tanks were first used) and utilized newly developed tactics which were very similar (on the small scale) to the Blitzkrieg operations in 1939-1940: the 2nd Canadian Division, in concert with a 324 strong force of tanks, closely supported by aircraft, attacked a 7,000 yard wide network of defensive trenches and achieved a stunning victory by occupying the town of Cambrai on the 10th at the cost of fewer than 20 casualties. It was at this action that Manning captured this pistol (it almost certainly belonged to an artilleryman or officer attached to one of the 150 field guns and howitzers stationed in the sector). Leonard Francis Manning (470266) enlisted as a Private on September 8, 1915 at Sussex, NB and shipped over to England in the 64th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F. He served in a series of reserve units until April of 1917 when (at his personal request) he was transferred to the 25th in France and served with the unit until demobilization. Additionally, he is listed as one of the ex-members of the battalion who met to form the 25th Battalion Memory Club in 1949 (a meeting at which he was subsequently elected to the post of Secretary). Additionally, this very gun was the subject of a May, 2022 article in Automatic Magazine (Vol. LV, Issue 2) by renowned author and historian Michael Carrick. This is an incredible piece of World War I history in fine overall condition and would make a wonderful addition to any collection of military weapons or memorabilia. {Ref. "The Twenty-Fifth Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force – Nova Scotia's Famous Regiment in World War One" by F.B. MacDonald, C.D., M.D. & John J. Gardiner; 1983} {Automatic Magazine Vol. LV, Issue2; 2022} FFL or C&R
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: German
Model: Luger
Serial Number: 8156k
Caliber Info: 9mm
Gauge Info: 9mm