Hi folks,
Well, I don't see these ones too often. And they have a documented story.
Friend of mine took care of two guns which belonged to his grandfather, a WW1 veteran.
According to what my friend told me, the Colt Government was given to his grandfather when he went to Russia in 1918 at the end of WW1 (along with a few other Canadians, joining a larger US group) after having spent some time in western Europe. He came back with it.
The Luger is one, according to the 1946 registration form his grandfather filled, which he "found on the battlefield" sometime during WW1. Along with the copy of the registration request form, my friend also found the actual registration certificate. The expiry date is July 1st, 1950. you think the CFC will still have that in their records?
This is probably one of the nicest ones we could ever dream of finding, I would think. Blueing is really nice, all numbers match - from the firing pin down to the wooden stock. Bore is clean, crisp rifling. The only defect I can see is a missing piece of the magazine bottom part (wood).
Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene-Joseph Nantel was born in 1894 in St-Jérome, QC. In 1940, he contributed to the war effort once again, as the "premier commandant" of the St-Jérôme company (part of the Regiment de Joliette), which would train recruits. He stayed in this position until 1942.
Well, I don't see these ones too often. And they have a documented story.
Friend of mine took care of two guns which belonged to his grandfather, a WW1 veteran.
According to what my friend told me, the Colt Government was given to his grandfather when he went to Russia in 1918 at the end of WW1 (along with a few other Canadians, joining a larger US group) after having spent some time in western Europe. He came back with it.
The Luger is one, according to the 1946 registration form his grandfather filled, which he "found on the battlefield" sometime during WW1. Along with the copy of the registration request form, my friend also found the actual registration certificate. The expiry date is July 1st, 1950. you think the CFC will still have that in their records?
This is probably one of the nicest ones we could ever dream of finding, I would think. Blueing is really nice, all numbers match - from the firing pin down to the wooden stock. Bore is clean, crisp rifling. The only defect I can see is a missing piece of the magazine bottom part (wood). Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene-Joseph Nantel was born in 1894 in St-Jérome, QC. In 1940, he contributed to the war effort once again, as the "premier commandant" of the St-Jérôme company (part of the Regiment de Joliette), which would train recruits. He stayed in this position until 1942.
