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Lot of WWII Bring-Back Souvenirs, with Mauser 1910

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Lot of WWII Bring-Back Souvenirs, with Mauser 1910
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA
Lot of WWII Bring-Back Souvenirs: (1) Mauser Model 1910 Semi-Automatic Pistol, #153536, .32 ACP cal., 3-1/4'' barrel, walnut grips, no mag. Condition is very good retaining approx. 75% blue. Grips with smoothing. Action is good, bore is fair. (2) Period photo scrapbook with approx. 90 photographic images taken in the European Theater of Operations of Cpl. Everett Samuelson, whose discharge and bring-back documents are included. (3) Late war Nazi banner-type flag measuring approx. 5'x5-1/2' with tatters along one edge, as well as soiling from 70 years of storage. (4) Single star storefront window banner. (5) Four German and axis bayonets with leather scabbards. (6) One German officer's dress dagger with hanger and portapee, needing some repair. (7) Nazi police kepi front insignia. (8) Two variations of Reichsbahn belt buckles. (9) One German infantryman's belt buckle. (10) Iron Cross 2nd Class with ribbon; American Good Conduct medal; several American service ribbons; one of Samuelson's dog tags. (11) 1943 dated 57mm artillery shell casing. All are in their original wooden crate that Cpl. Samuelson mailed home to his father in Mulvane, KS at the end of WWII. Address and return address are handpainted in olive drab paint. Condition to all items is good to very good. Est.: $1,000-$1,500/lot. (C&R/PPT)