Hitler's Gun of Destiny - .22 cal S&W Revolver
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:44 pm
This is the story of the personal revolver of Adolf Hitler (a petite .22-caliber S&W revolver, No. 709) and its connection with at least two earth-shattering events that had far-reaching effects upon the history of the 20th Century. This insignificant looking small-caliber gun, steps into the annals of history’s most famous and infamous weapons and joins the world’s fictional and actual implements of destruction throughout the ages.
Contemporary history documents that Hitler’s earlier preference in handguns was the revolver over an automatic. It has been many times noted with period photographs that he wore an old weather-worn great coat in those early years and it is usually observed that he continually had his right hand thrust deeply in the pocket, especially in the time of political struggle, der Kampfzeit. He was the world’s busiest aspiring politician at that time and had many very tough and dangerous enemies amongst the communists and other reactionaries. Various historians almost invariably agree that down deep in this pocket the Führer gripped a revolver.
Enjoy the pictures and read (both parts) here ........http://www.germaniainternational.com/gunofdestiny.html
best,
Rp.
Contemporary history documents that Hitler’s earlier preference in handguns was the revolver over an automatic. It has been many times noted with period photographs that he wore an old weather-worn great coat in those early years and it is usually observed that he continually had his right hand thrust deeply in the pocket, especially in the time of political struggle, der Kampfzeit. He was the world’s busiest aspiring politician at that time and had many very tough and dangerous enemies amongst the communists and other reactionaries. Various historians almost invariably agree that down deep in this pocket the Führer gripped a revolver.
Enjoy the pictures and read (both parts) here ........http://www.germaniainternational.com/gunofdestiny.html
best,
Rp.
