The Luger shown above, both in Normandy and in a modern-day photo has what may be an interesting provenance behind it.  The pistol is a 1915 model, not one that would be expected to be found on the battlefield in 1944.
   Although it is purely supposition on our part, it may be that a German who fought (and survived) in World War I presented this weapon to his son who was going off to serve in the next "Great War".
   If this were to have been the case, it appears that the son did not share his father's fortune as he must have been a casualty.

(Photos courtesy Reuben Weiner

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