Luger Dig Ups On The Battlefield~

cirelaw · 06-21-2022, 01:43 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBjd7WcaI0

Major Tom · 06-22-2022, 10:07 AM

My friend (French) lives near Omaha Beach and does relic hunting there and other locations. He has sent me some relics (no weapons) dug in the Falaise areas of German retreat. He and his friends also do U.S. paratrooper reenactments during their annual D-Day celebrations.

cirelaw · 06-22-2022, 11:28 AM

Keeping The Memory Alive~TKS

cirelaw · 06-22-2022, 01:29 PM

luger Dig! https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/17...-days-6-photos

Kiwi · 06-22-2022, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

luger Dig! https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/17...-days-6-photos

Restoring that would be a challenge

sdmark777 · 06-22-2022, 07:02 PM

Looks to be a loaded Luger, based upon the mag button being near the bottom. Mag bottom is gone though. Wonder if there is a round in the chamber?

cirelaw · 06-22-2022, 08:02 PM

I bet Ted Green could have does it years before his injury!!

spangy · 06-23-2022, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sdmark777

Looks to be a loaded Luger, based upon the mag button being near the bottom.

Excellent observation SD.

Deputywood · 06-28-2022, 10:44 PM

I lived in France in the 50's. Dad was stationed near Verdun while in the USAF. I remember many woodlots were off limits. Having not yet been cleared of ordinance. My brother and I once brought a dud 88MM home. That got some excitement. Of all things to find in a scrap yard, Dad bought a Amoskeag Model 1861 Special musket for a $1.00. My brother still has it. Dad actually found two and gave one to my brother and I to play with. It did not survive us. That Amoskeag got me started years later with a love of old guns.

Woody

Ben M. · 06-30-2022, 09:29 AM

sell it with term of - good vintage patina - ha ha ha

06-21-2022, 01:43 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Luger Dig Ups On The Battlefield~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBjd7WcaI0

06-22-2022, 10:07 AM	#2
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 227 Times in 124 Posts	My friend (French) lives near Omaha Beach and does relic hunting there and other locations. He has sent me some relics (no weapons) dug in the Falaise areas of German retreat. He and his friends also do U.S. paratrooper reenactments during their annual D-Day celebrations. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

06-22-2022, 01:29 PM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	luger Dig! https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/17...-days-6-photos Attached Thumbnails

06-22-2022, 11:28 AM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Keeping The Memory Alive~TKS

06-22-2022, 07:02 PM	#6
sdmark777 User Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 288 Thanks: 695 Thanked 672 Times in 174 Posts	Looks to be a loaded Luger, based upon the mag button being near the bottom. Mag bottom is gone though. Wonder if there is a round in the chamber?

06-22-2022, 08:02 PM	#7
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I bet Ted Green could have does it years before his injury!!

06-28-2022, 10:44 PM	#9
Deputywood User Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 73 Thanks: 74 Thanked 87 Times in 36 Posts	I lived in France in the 50's. Dad was stationed near Verdun while in the USAF. I remember many woodlots were off limits. Having not yet been cleared of ordinance. My brother and I once brought a dud 88MM home. That got some excitement. Of all things to find in a scrap yard, Dad bought a Amoskeag Model 1861 Special musket for a $1.00. My brother still has it. Dad actually found two and gave one to my brother and I to play with. It did not survive us. That Amoskeag got me started years later with a love of old guns. Woody

06-30-2022, 09:29 AM	#10
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 488 Thanks: 90 Thanked 123 Times in 83 Posts	sell it with term of - good vintage patina - ha ha ha