Some decades ago I acquired a service pistol previously held by Generalmajor Heinrich-Hermann von Hulsen when he was captured in WWII c1943.
The U.S. service member that brought it back to the USA in 1944 was a cartographer stationed in that theater of combat. I interviewed this service member who was 89 years old at the time and got big story behind how he came about the pistol. I felt the story was believable because it was simple and very humerus. Some provenance was provided as well supporting his story. The pistol is a FN Browning 9mm Hi-Power, Waffen stamped in occupied Austria. It has the typical war finish of the time. 15 years ago I cleaned it, took it out to the range and found that it functioned as new. Just found it again while beginning to liquidate my collection. I will be sending the pistol off with some of my other items to be sold at auction in the future.
