November 30, 20196 yr #1 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-50588018 A museum is appealing for information about a World War One German pistol handed in during a firearms amnesty. The 1911 Luger pistol, given to Wiltshire Police, is believed to have been taken as a souvenir during the 1917 tank advance at Cambrai in France. Police have donated the weapon to the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. Curator David Willey said: "We'd love to trace the family that it belonged to so we can perhaps find the records of the man who brought it home." The 1908-model Pistole Parabellum, commonly known as a Luger, has a leather holster with the inscription: "Souvenir of the Big Advance at Cambrai November 1917. To Alice from HUD, Jany 21 - 18." Photos are from the BBC article, provided by the Tank Museum at Bovington.
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