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Deutsches Reich 1933 - 1945 - Sonderauktion - Bedeutende museale Sammlungsgegenstände aus dem Besitz Adolf Hitlers : Hitlers Gun of Destiny.
Offered here for the first time is what we recognize as one of the greatest and decidedly most important items owned by Adolf Hitler.
Left side of barrel is marked "(punch) .22 S. & W. CTG (punch)" and top of barrel is marked "Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass. USA, PATD OCT. 24.1899. AUG.14.1900. OCT.9.1901 Side of frame is marked with stamped stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Pistol shows light wear/age with 98% of original factory anodization remaining to all surfaces. Black plastic grip plates show light wear with no chips or cracks and are correctly marked with raised stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Base of grip features stamped serial number "709". Pistol comes with black leatherette case featuring form fitted green velvet insert and ornate clasps to exterior. First model .22 Hand Ejector, Model M; commonly referred to as "Ladysmith" was produced between 1902 and 1906 with a total production of 4,575 revolvers being manufactured. These revolvers were serial numbered between 1 and 4575 of the .22 Hand Ejector series. Information taken from the company records indicate that serial number 709 was shipped from the factory on 23 March 1903, to Andre, Schaub & Pioso of Paris, France.
It is absolutely one of the paramount and significantly meaningful historical objects that has turned up in past years. The item is not a personal uniform or a watercolor by Hitler; nor is it a grandiose treasured trophy like the many such pieces that he received from the German populace or high government officials.
Just what could this important item be? Well, it is a gun; such a gun that if it were merely "just a gun," it would not command much attention except to weapons collectors.
The great importance of this weapon emerges in a book entitled Gun of Destiny; Adolf Hitler's S&W Revolver, by Robert A. Johnston. Is it a Walther PPK? Is it a Browning pocket pistol? Is it a Mauser C96. NO! As a matter of fact, it isn't even a German-made weapon. It is a petite U.S.-made handgun. To be more accurate, a Smith & Wesson Ladysmith .22-caliber, 7-shot REVOLVER with serial number "709." It is an insignificant-looking gun, but as the author quite effectively and rather explicitly points out, it may well be the gun that changed the course of world history.
The story that evolves concerning this weapon reads like a docudrama that is real and has excellent provenance. Through exhaustive research, the author of Gun of Destiny has brought out pertinent facts that were, up to now, not widely known. The gun was intricately involved in several earth-shattering, highly important historical events so profound as to stagger the imagination. The book covers a story that involves intrigue, insatiable quest for power, unrequited love, and a suicide that occurred out of desperation and frustration.
We cannot give ALL the details that are effectively and constructively portrayed in Johnston's amazing book, but briefly, it traces the history of the little REVOLVER from the time it fell in the hands of the young soldier, Adolf Hitler in WWI, to the possession by an American GI who removed it directly from the desk in Munich that Hitler had worked at for many years while he resided in his apartment house. The book recounts the friendship that evolved between Hitler's housekeeper, Frau Anni Winter, and this kindly U.S. soldier.
Beginning at the REVOLVER's storage place in that desk drawer in Munich, we will follow it to America, where it enjoyed notoriety for several years and had appeared in many feature stories and various newspaper articles and eventually it went to an American GI from Jamestown, New York, by the name of PFC Andrew Sivi. In 1945, he was assigned to inspect an apartment that could be used as a post for his unit. He entered number 16 Prinzregentenplatz in Munich and had no idea that this was Hitler's abode until he was informed of this by Frau Winter, the housekeeper.
Adolf Hitler was an ardent admirer and prolific reader of the books and sagas of Karl May, the writer who spun tales of the American West. The author believes that as a result reading these books, he had a great desire to have in his possession "a six-shooter," but with number "709" he ended up with a "seven-shooter"! The gun was sent to Paris on March 23, 1903, and according to S&W historian Roy Jenks, it was shipped directly from the S&W factory to the firearms dealer Andre Schaub & Pioso of Paris. The letter from this dealer is with the gun. The story goes on to disclose how Hitler obtained the gun from a French prisoner that he'd captured using a ruse that he learned from the stories of Karl May. This incident, copiously covered in the Destiny book, earned him the Iron Cross. The book is by no means limited to the fascinating story of the REVOLVER. It's filled with previously little-known facts about the world's most-hated and most-vilified leader at the time while conversely the most-adored man of the last century, and his irrefutable connection to this seemingly insignificant REVOLVER, the one that will now takes its place at the forefront as one of the most famous weapons of the twentieth century.
The suicide that was mentioned was committed by Hitler's half-niece, Angela "Geli" Raubal who was the daughter of his half-sister, Angela. In the early 1920s Hitler was a typical rabble-rouser, but because of the terrible loss of the one who could be described as his one true love (Geli), he transformed into a potent and disciplined orator. Poor Geli truly loved the man whom she referred to as "Wolf" or "Uncle Addi." This romantic yet tragic relationship is impeccably detailed by the author and the story continues with the suicide of this young maiden and the terrible depression Hitler went thru and never got over. The weapon she used in the terrible incident is the very S&W Ladysmith revolver that we offer here.
Another historically famous incident involves little "709." The story of the Munich Putsch is well known and documented that Hitler fired a shot into the ceiling of the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich to get the attention of an assemblage gathered there. You might say that the shot in the ceiling was the beginning of the famed Beer Hall Putsch. Just after firing the shot, Hitler proclaimed loudly, "THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION HAS BROKEN OUT." He then turned the REVOLVER on the leading politicians to include Gustav von Kahr and other Bavarian state leaders. While waving the REVOLVER around he proclaimed "fight this battle with me or die with me. If things go wrong there are four bullets left in this REVOLVER, one each for my collaborators should they desert me." (Note the Ladysmith revolver is a seven-shot revolver). Why Hitler thought he had only four bullets remaining is an interesting story all by itself. We know now that the Putsch actually failed and Hitler was sentenced to Landsberg Prison where he managed to write Mein Kampf.
Why do we say that this Putsch gun was in fact little "709"? All research and information indicates that this gun is the only weapon that Hitler habitually carried in those years. Nearly every biography written by the major writers who chronicle the life of Hitler refers to the weapon used in this incident as a "REVOLVER" and certainly not a German automatic pistol. Revolvers are not the usual German weapon. (It is noted that there was a very large and bulky sidearm known as a Reichs revolver.)
Now, going back to the recounting of the gun's falling into American hands, there are several pages of provenance that show the details of the movement of the gun up to the present. There are news articles referencing the fact that U.S. Army officials had evaluated this revolver at $50,000, which
Offered here for the first time is what we recognize as one of the greatest and decidedly most important items owned by Adolf Hitler.
Left side of barrel is marked "(punch) .22 S. & W. CTG (punch)" and top of barrel is marked "Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass. USA, PATD OCT. 24.1899. AUG.14.1900. OCT.9.1901 Side of frame is marked with stamped stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Pistol shows light wear/age with 98% of original factory anodization remaining to all surfaces. Black plastic grip plates show light wear with no chips or cracks and are correctly marked with raised stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Base of grip features stamped serial number "709". Pistol comes with black leatherette case featuring form fitted green velvet insert and ornate clasps to exterior. First model .22 Hand Ejector, Model M; commonly referred to as "Ladysmith" was produced between 1902 and 1906 with a total production of 4,575 revolvers being manufactured. These revolvers were serial numbered between 1 and 4575 of the .22 Hand Ejector series. Information taken from the company records indicate that serial number 709 was shipped from the factory on 23 March 1903, to Andre, Schaub & Pioso of Paris, France.
It is absolutely one of the paramount and significantly meaningful historical objects that has turned up in past years. The item is not a personal uniform or a watercolor by Hitler; nor is it a grandiose treasured trophy like the many such pieces that he received from the German populace or high government officials.
Just what could this important item be? Well, it is a gun; such a gun that if it were merely "just a gun," it would not command much attention except to weapons collectors.
The great importance of this weapon emerges in a book entitled Gun of Destiny; Adolf Hitler's S&W Revolver, by Robert A. Johnston. Is it a Walther PPK? Is it a Browning pocket pistol? Is it a Mauser C96. NO! As a matter of fact, it isn't even a German-made weapon. It is a petite U.S.-made handgun. To be more accurate, a Smith & Wesson Ladysmith .22-caliber, 7-shot REVOLVER with serial number "709." It is an insignificant-looking gun, but as the author quite effectively and rather explicitly points out, it may well be the gun that changed the course of world history.
The story that evolves concerning this weapon reads like a docudrama that is real and has excellent provenance. Through exhaustive research, the author of Gun of Destiny has brought out pertinent facts that were, up to now, not widely known. The gun was intricately involved in several earth-shattering, highly important historical events so profound as to stagger the imagination. The book covers a story that involves intrigue, insatiable quest for power, unrequited love, and a suicide that occurred out of desperation and frustration.
We cannot give ALL the details that are effectively and constructively portrayed in Johnston's amazing book, but briefly, it traces the history of the little REVOLVER from the time it fell in the hands of the young soldier, Adolf Hitler in WWI, to the possession by an American GI who removed it directly from the desk in Munich that Hitler had worked at for many years while he resided in his apartment house. The book recounts the friendship that evolved between Hitler's housekeeper, Frau Anni Winter, and this kindly U.S. soldier.
Beginning at the REVOLVER's storage place in that desk drawer in Munich, we will follow it to America, where it enjoyed notoriety for several years and had appeared in many feature stories and various newspaper articles and eventually it went to an American GI from Jamestown, New York, by the name of PFC Andrew Sivi. In 1945, he was assigned to inspect an apartment that could be used as a post for his unit. He entered number 16 Prinzregentenplatz in Munich and had no idea that this was Hitler's abode until he was informed of this by Frau Winter, the housekeeper.
Adolf Hitler was an ardent admirer and prolific reader of the books and sagas of Karl May, the writer who spun tales of the American West. The author believes that as a result reading these books, he had a great desire to have in his possession "a six-shooter," but with number "709" he ended up with a "seven-shooter"! The gun was sent to Paris on March 23, 1903, and according to S&W historian Roy Jenks, it was shipped directly from the S&W factory to the firearms dealer Andre Schaub & Pioso of Paris. The letter from this dealer is with the gun. The story goes on to disclose how Hitler obtained the gun from a French prisoner that he'd captured using a ruse that he learned from the stories of Karl May. This incident, copiously covered in the Destiny book, earned him the Iron Cross. The book is by no means limited to the fascinating story of the REVOLVER. It's filled with previously little-known facts about the world's most-hated and most-vilified leader at the time while conversely the most-adored man of the last century, and his irrefutable connection to this seemingly insignificant REVOLVER, the one that will now takes its place at the forefront as one of the most famous weapons of the twentieth century.
The suicide that was mentioned was committed by Hitler's half-niece, Angela "Geli" Raubal who was the daughter of his half-sister, Angela. In the early 1920s Hitler was a typical rabble-rouser, but because of the terrible loss of the one who could be described as his one true love (Geli), he transformed into a potent and disciplined orator. Poor Geli truly loved the man whom she referred to as "Wolf" or "Uncle Addi." This romantic yet tragic relationship is impeccably detailed by the author and the story continues with the suicide of this young maiden and the terrible depression Hitler went thru and never got over. The weapon she used in the terrible incident is the very S&W Ladysmith revolver that we offer here.
Another historically famous incident involves little "709." The story of the Munich Putsch is well known and documented that Hitler fired a shot into the ceiling of the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich to get the attention of an assemblage gathered there. You might say that the shot in the ceiling was the beginning of the famed Beer Hall Putsch. Just after firing the shot, Hitler proclaimed loudly, "THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION HAS BROKEN OUT." He then turned the REVOLVER on the leading politicians to include Gustav von Kahr and other Bavarian state leaders. While waving the REVOLVER around he proclaimed "fight this battle with me or die with me. If things go wrong there are four bullets left in this REVOLVER, one each for my collaborators should they desert me." (Note the Ladysmith revolver is a seven-shot revolver). Why Hitler thought he had only four bullets remaining is an interesting story all by itself. We know now that the Putsch actually failed and Hitler was sentenced to Landsberg Prison where he managed to write Mein Kampf.
Why do we say that this Putsch gun was in fact little "709"? All research and information indicates that this gun is the only weapon that Hitler habitually carried in those years. Nearly every biography written by the major writers who chronicle the life of Hitler refers to the weapon used in this incident as a "REVOLVER" and certainly not a German automatic pistol. Revolvers are not the usual German weapon. (It is noted that there was a very large and bulky sidearm known as a Reichs revolver.)
Now, going back to the recounting of the gun's falling into American hands, there are several pages of provenance that show the details of the movement of the gun up to the present. There are news articles referencing the fact that U.S. Army officials had evaluated this revolver at $50,000, which
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Offered here for the first time is what we recognize as one of the greatest and decidedly most important items owned by Adolf Hitler.
Left side of barrel is marked "(punch) .22 S. & W. CTG (punch)" and top of barrel is marked "Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass. USA, PATD OCT. 24.1899. AUG.14.1900. OCT.9.1901 Side of frame is marked with stamped stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Pistol shows light wear/age with 98% of original factory anodization remaining to all surfaces. Black plastic grip plates show light wear with no chips or cracks and are correctly marked with raised stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Base of grip features stamped serial number "709". Pistol comes with black leatherette case featuring form fitted green velvet insert and ornate clasps to exterior. First model .22 Hand Ejector, Model M; commonly referred to as "Ladysmith" was produced between 1902 and 1906 with a total production of 4,575 revolvers being manufactured. These revolvers were serial numbered between 1 and 4575 of the .22 Hand Ejector series. Information taken from the company records indicate that serial number 709 was shipped from the factory on 23 March 1903, to Andre, Schaub & Pioso of Paris, France.
It is absolutely one of the paramount and significantly meaningful historical objects that has turned up in past years. The item is not a personal uniform or a watercolor by Hitler; nor is it a grandiose treasured trophy like the many such pieces that he received from the German populace or high government officials.
Just what could this important item be? Well, it is a gun; such a gun that if it were merely "just a gun," it would not command much attention except to weapons collectors.
The great importance of this weapon emerges in a book entitled Gun of Destiny; Adolf Hitler's S&W Revolver, by Robert A. Johnston. Is it a Walther PPK? Is it a Browning pocket pistol? Is it a Mauser C96. NO! As a matter of fact, it isn't even a German-made weapon. It is a petite U.S.-made handgun. To be more accurate, a Smith & Wesson Ladysmith .22-caliber, 7-shot REVOLVER with serial number "709." It is an insignificant-looking gun, but as the author quite effectively and rather explicitly points out, it may well be the gun that changed the course of world history.
The story that evolves concerning this weapon reads like a docudrama that is real and has excellent provenance. Through exhaustive research, the author of Gun of Destiny has brought out pertinent facts that were, up to now, not widely known. The gun was intricately involved in several earth-shattering, highly important historical events so profound as to stagger the imagination. The book covers a story that involves intrigue, insatiable quest for power, unrequited love, and a suicide that occurred out of desperation and frustration.
We cannot give ALL the details that are effectively and constructively portrayed in Johnston's amazing book, but briefly, it traces the history of the little REVOLVER from the time it fell in the hands of the young soldier, Adolf Hitler in WWI, to the possession by an American GI who removed it directly from the desk in Munich that Hitler had worked at for many years while he resided in his apartment house. The book recounts the friendship that evolved between Hitler's housekeeper, Frau Anni Winter, and this kindly U.S. soldier.
Beginning at the REVOLVER's storage place in that desk drawer in Munich, we will follow it to America, where it enjoyed notoriety for several years and had appeared in many feature stories and various newspaper articles and eventually it went to an American GI from Jamestown, New York, by the name of PFC Andrew Sivi. In 1945, he was assigned to inspect an apartment that could be used as a post for his unit. He entered number 16 Prinzregentenplatz in Munich and had no idea that this was Hitler's abode until he was informed of this by Frau Winter, the housekeeper.
Adolf Hitler was an ardent admirer and prolific reader of the books and sagas of Karl May, the writer who spun tales of the American West. The author believes that as a result reading these books, he had a great desire to have in his possession "a six-shooter," but with number "709" he ended up with a "seven-shooter"! The gun was sent to Paris on March 23, 1903, and according to S&W historian Roy Jenks, it was shipped directly from the S&W factory to the firearms dealer Andre Schaub & Pioso of Paris. The letter from this dealer is with the gun. The story goes on to disclose how Hitler obtained the gun from a French prisoner that he'd captured using a ruse that he learned from the stories of Karl May. This incident, copiously covered in the Destiny book, earned him the Iron Cross. The book is by no means limited to the fascinating story of the REVOLVER. It's filled with previously little-known facts about the world's most-hated and most-vilified leader at the time while conversely the most-adored man of the last century, and his irrefutable connection to this seemingly insignificant REVOLVER, the one that will now takes its place at the forefront as one of the most famous weapons of the twentieth century.
The suicide that was mentioned was committed by Hitler's half-niece, Angela "Geli" Raubal who was the daughter of his half-sister, Angela. In the early 1920s Hitler was a typical rabble-rouser, but because of the terrible loss of the one who could be described as his one true love (Geli), he transformed into a potent and disciplined orator. Poor Geli truly loved the man whom she referred to as "Wolf" or "Uncle Addi." This romantic yet tragic relationship is impeccably detailed by the author and the story continues with the suicide of this young maiden and the terrible depression Hitler went thru and never got over. The weapon she used in the terrible incident is the very S&W Ladysmith revolver that we offer here.
Another historically famous incident involves little "709." The story of the Munich Putsch is well known and documented that Hitler fired a shot into the ceiling of the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich to get the attention of an assemblage gathered there. You might say that the shot in the ceiling was the beginning of the famed Beer Hall Putsch. Just after firing the shot, Hitler proclaimed loudly, "THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION HAS BROKEN OUT." He then turned the REVOLVER on the leading politicians to include Gustav von Kahr and other Bavarian state leaders. While waving the REVOLVER around he proclaimed "fight this battle with me or die with me. If things go wrong there are four bullets left in this REVOLVER, one each for my collaborators should they desert me." (Note the Ladysmith revolver is a seven-shot revolver). Why Hitler thought he had only four bullets remaining is an interesting story all by itself. We know now that the Putsch actually failed and Hitler was sentenced to Landsberg Prison where he managed to write Mein Kampf.
Why do we say that this Putsch gun was in fact little "709"? All research and information indicates that this gun is the only weapon that Hitler habitually carried in those years. Nearly every biography written by the major writers who chronicle the life of Hitler refers to the weapon used in this incident as a "REVOLVER" and certainly not a German automatic pistol. Revolvers are not the usual German weapon. (It is noted that there was a very large and bulky sidearm known as a Reichs revolver.)
Now, going back to the recounting of the gun's falling into American hands, there are several pages of provenance that show the details of the movement of the gun up to the present. There are news articles referencing the fact that U.S. Army officials had evaluated this revolver at $50,000, which
Offered here for the first time is what we recognize as one of the greatest and decidedly most important items owned by Adolf Hitler.
Left side of barrel is marked "(punch) .22 S. & W. CTG (punch)" and top of barrel is marked "Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Mass. USA, PATD OCT. 24.1899. AUG.14.1900. OCT.9.1901 Side of frame is marked with stamped stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Pistol shows light wear/age with 98% of original factory anodization remaining to all surfaces. Black plastic grip plates show light wear with no chips or cracks and are correctly marked with raised stylized Smith & Wesson maker mark. Base of grip features stamped serial number "709". Pistol comes with black leatherette case featuring form fitted green velvet insert and ornate clasps to exterior. First model .22 Hand Ejector, Model M; commonly referred to as "Ladysmith" was produced between 1902 and 1906 with a total production of 4,575 revolvers being manufactured. These revolvers were serial numbered between 1 and 4575 of the .22 Hand Ejector series. Information taken from the company records indicate that serial number 709 was shipped from the factory on 23 March 1903, to Andre, Schaub & Pioso of Paris, France.
It is absolutely one of the paramount and significantly meaningful historical objects that has turned up in past years. The item is not a personal uniform or a watercolor by Hitler; nor is it a grandiose treasured trophy like the many such pieces that he received from the German populace or high government officials.
Just what could this important item be? Well, it is a gun; such a gun that if it were merely "just a gun," it would not command much attention except to weapons collectors.
The great importance of this weapon emerges in a book entitled Gun of Destiny; Adolf Hitler's S&W Revolver, by Robert A. Johnston. Is it a Walther PPK? Is it a Browning pocket pistol? Is it a Mauser C96. NO! As a matter of fact, it isn't even a German-made weapon. It is a petite U.S.-made handgun. To be more accurate, a Smith & Wesson Ladysmith .22-caliber, 7-shot REVOLVER with serial number "709." It is an insignificant-looking gun, but as the author quite effectively and rather explicitly points out, it may well be the gun that changed the course of world history.
The story that evolves concerning this weapon reads like a docudrama that is real and has excellent provenance. Through exhaustive research, the author of Gun of Destiny has brought out pertinent facts that were, up to now, not widely known. The gun was intricately involved in several earth-shattering, highly important historical events so profound as to stagger the imagination. The book covers a story that involves intrigue, insatiable quest for power, unrequited love, and a suicide that occurred out of desperation and frustration.
We cannot give ALL the details that are effectively and constructively portrayed in Johnston's amazing book, but briefly, it traces the history of the little REVOLVER from the time it fell in the hands of the young soldier, Adolf Hitler in WWI, to the possession by an American GI who removed it directly from the desk in Munich that Hitler had worked at for many years while he resided in his apartment house. The book recounts the friendship that evolved between Hitler's housekeeper, Frau Anni Winter, and this kindly U.S. soldier.
Beginning at the REVOLVER's storage place in that desk drawer in Munich, we will follow it to America, where it enjoyed notoriety for several years and had appeared in many feature stories and various newspaper articles and eventually it went to an American GI from Jamestown, New York, by the name of PFC Andrew Sivi. In 1945, he was assigned to inspect an apartment that could be used as a post for his unit. He entered number 16 Prinzregentenplatz in Munich and had no idea that this was Hitler's abode until he was informed of this by Frau Winter, the housekeeper.
Adolf Hitler was an ardent admirer and prolific reader of the books and sagas of Karl May, the writer who spun tales of the American West. The author believes that as a result reading these books, he had a great desire to have in his possession "a six-shooter," but with number "709" he ended up with a "seven-shooter"! The gun was sent to Paris on March 23, 1903, and according to S&W historian Roy Jenks, it was shipped directly from the S&W factory to the firearms dealer Andre Schaub & Pioso of Paris. The letter from this dealer is with the gun. The story goes on to disclose how Hitler obtained the gun from a French prisoner that he'd captured using a ruse that he learned from the stories of Karl May. This incident, copiously covered in the Destiny book, earned him the Iron Cross. The book is by no means limited to the fascinating story of the REVOLVER. It's filled with previously little-known facts about the world's most-hated and most-vilified leader at the time while conversely the most-adored man of the last century, and his irrefutable connection to this seemingly insignificant REVOLVER, the one that will now takes its place at the forefront as one of the most famous weapons of the twentieth century.
The suicide that was mentioned was committed by Hitler's half-niece, Angela "Geli" Raubal who was the daughter of his half-sister, Angela. In the early 1920s Hitler was a typical rabble-rouser, but because of the terrible loss of the one who could be described as his one true love (Geli), he transformed into a potent and disciplined orator. Poor Geli truly loved the man whom she referred to as "Wolf" or "Uncle Addi." This romantic yet tragic relationship is impeccably detailed by the author and the story continues with the suicide of this young maiden and the terrible depression Hitler went thru and never got over. The weapon she used in the terrible incident is the very S&W Ladysmith revolver that we offer here.
Another historically famous incident involves little "709." The story of the Munich Putsch is well known and documented that Hitler fired a shot into the ceiling of the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich to get the attention of an assemblage gathered there. You might say that the shot in the ceiling was the beginning of the famed Beer Hall Putsch. Just after firing the shot, Hitler proclaimed loudly, "THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION HAS BROKEN OUT." He then turned the REVOLVER on the leading politicians to include Gustav von Kahr and other Bavarian state leaders. While waving the REVOLVER around he proclaimed "fight this battle with me or die with me. If things go wrong there are four bullets left in this REVOLVER, one each for my collaborators should they desert me." (Note the Ladysmith revolver is a seven-shot revolver). Why Hitler thought he had only four bullets remaining is an interesting story all by itself. We know now that the Putsch actually failed and Hitler was sentenced to Landsberg Prison where he managed to write Mein Kampf.
Why do we say that this Putsch gun was in fact little "709"? All research and information indicates that this gun is the only weapon that Hitler habitually carried in those years. Nearly every biography written by the major writers who chronicle the life of Hitler refers to the weapon used in this incident as a "REVOLVER" and certainly not a German automatic pistol. Revolvers are not the usual German weapon. (It is noted that there was a very large and bulky sidearm known as a Reichs revolver.)
Now, going back to the recounting of the gun's falling into American hands, there are several pages of provenance that show the details of the movement of the gun up to the present. There are news articles referencing the fact that U.S. Army officials had evaluated this revolver at $50,000, which
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aus Gründen gleich welcher Art mehr möglich. Reklamationen sind nur für bezahlte
Gegenstände möglich und werden nur vom ursprünglichen Käufer der Gegenstände, nicht
von Dritterwerbern entgegengenommen. Alle anderen Ansprüche sind ausgeschlossen.
3. Ausruf
Die Versteigerung erfolgt in der Regel in der im Katalog genannten Reihenfolge. Der
Versteigerer ist jedoch berechtigt, Lose zu vereinigen, zu trennen, auszulassen, zurück
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zuziehen oder außerhalb der Reihenfolge anzubieten. Der Versteigerer bestimmt die Höhe
des Ausrufs nach eigenem Ermessen.
4. Gebote
Nach dem Ausruf nimmt der Versteigerer die Gebote entgegen.
Die Festlegung der
jeweiligen Steigerungsrate liegt im Ermessen des Versteigerers; sie liegt in der Regel
ca. 10 % über dem zuletzt abgegebenen Gebot.
Der Versteigerer ist berechtigt, ohne Angabe von Gründen Personen von der Teilnahme an
der Versteigerung auszuschließen, bzw. die Annahme von Geboten abzulehnen.
Dem Versteigerer unbekannte Bieter sollten rechtzeitig ausreichende Sicherheiten
stellen oder Referenzen nachweisen, um die Annahme ihrer Gebote zu ermöglichen.
Nicht persönlich anwesende Kaufinteressenten können durch die Abgabe schriftlicher
Gebote an der Versteigerung teilnehmen. Solche Gebote müssen die Katalognummern und
die jeweiligen Höchstgebote enthalten. Sie werden ebenso wie die Gebote von Saalbietern
behandelt, d. h. das Höchstgebot wird nur soweit ausgenützt, wie es zur Überbietung ande
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rer Gebote notwendig ist. Zuschläge unterhalb des angegebenen Höchstpreises sind daher
möglich. Die Ausführung der schriftlichen Aufträge durch den Versteigerer erfolgt gewis
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senhaft und ohne Extraberechnung, jedoch ohne Gewähr.
Jeder Bieter haftet für die von ihm abgegebenen Gebote persönlich, auch wenn er geltend
macht, im Auftrag eines Dritten gehandelt zu haben und die Rechnung auf diesen ausge
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stellt wurde.
Bei der Vermittlung von Kaufverträgen im Rahmen unserer Internet-Auktionen müssen
die Gebote nach erfolgter Registrierung auf unserer Internet Plattform eingegeben werden.
5. Zuschlag
Der Zuschlag erfolgt, wenn nach dreimaligem Aufruf des Höchstgebotes kein wei
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teres Gebot mehr abgegeben wird. Bei Abgabe mehrerer gleich hoher Gebote ist der
Versteigerer berechtigt, den Käufer per Losentscheid zu ermitteln. Im Falle irgendwelcher
Unklarheiten oder Zweifel über den Zuschlag, insbesondere über die rechtzeitige Abgabe
von Geboten, liegt es im Ermessen des Versteigerers, den erteilten Zuschlag für endgültig
zu erklären oder das betreffende Los nochmals zum Ausruf zu bringen. Bis dahin bleiben
alle abgegebenen Gebote verbindlich. Der Auktionator hat das Recht, bis zum Erreichen
eines mit dem Einlieferer vereinbarten Limits auch Gebote für den Einlieferer abzugeben
und das Los gegebenenfalls dem Einlieferer unter Nennung der Einlieferungsnummer
zuzuschlagen; das Los bleibt dann unverkauft.
Sollte ein Zuschlag unter dem Vorbehalt der Zustimmung des Einlieferers erfolgen, insbe
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sondere bei Nichterreichen eines vereinbarten Limitpreises, bleibt der Bieter vier Wochen
an sein Gebot gebunden.
Bei der Vermittlung von Kaufverträgen im Rahmen unserer Internetauktionen erfolgt
der Zuschlag nach Ablauf des für das jeweilige Los angegebenen Zeitpunkts in unseren
Geschäftsräumen. Der Bieter mit dem höchsten Gebot erhält den Zuschlag.
6. Rechnung
Mit dem Zuschlag wird der gesamte Kaufpreis zur sofortigen Barzahlung fällig.
Der Kaufpreis setzt sich zusammen aus dem Zuschlagspreis, dem
Aufgeld von 25 %
sowie eventuellen Nebenkosten, insbesondere für Lagerung und Versand. Dieser
Betrag beinhaltet die gesetzliche Mehrwertsteuer (Differenzbesteuerung § 25 a UStG),
die nicht gesondert ausgewiesen wird. Bei Anwendung der Regelbesteuerung wird
der Mehrwertsteuersatz von 19 % auf den Gesamtpreis (Zuschlag + 25 % Aufgeld =
Gesamtpreis + 19 % MwSt. = Endpreis) berechnet.
Ausfuhrlieferungen sind unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen von der Mehrwertsteuer
befreit. Sobald diese vorliegen und der vorgeschriebene Ausfuhrnachweis fristgerecht
erbracht ist, wird die bezahlte Mehrwertsteuer dem Käufer zurückerstattet.
Am Versteigerungstag erstellte Rechnungen unterliegen der Überprüfung und evtl.
Berichtigung.
Käufer, die ihren Zahlungsverpflichtungen gegenüber der Firma Andreas Thies e. K.
nicht fristgerecht nachkommen, machen sich schadensersatzpflichtig. Die Firma
Andreas Thies e. K. ist in diesen Fällen ermächtigt, den Zuschlag aufzu
heben und
die Ware nochmals zu versteigern oder freihändig zu verkaufen. Der ursprüngliche
Käufer hat in diesem Fall eine Gebühr in Höhe des vollen Aufgeldes in Höhe von 23
% sowie der Einliefererkommission zu entrichten.
7. Zahlung
Prinzipiell sind alle Rechnungen am Versteigerungstag, bzw. bei online-Auktionen,
am Tag des Ablaufs der jeweiligen Lose während der Öffnungszeit zur Barzahlung in
Euro fällig, Vorausrechnungen schriftlicher Auftraggeber eine Woche nach Versand.
Zahlungen in Fremdwährungen sind erst mit der endgültigen Bankabrechnung ver
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bindlich; Minderbeträge sind nachzuleisten, Überzahlungen werden gutgeschrieben.
Bei Zahlung durch Überweisung oder erfüllungshalber durch Scheck ist diese erst nach
erfolgter endgültiger Bankgutschrift erfüllt. Der Versteigerer ist in diesem Falle berech
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tigt, Verzugszinsen in Höhe von 2 % über dem jeweiligen Bundesbankdiskontsatz zu ver
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langen, sofern nicht der Schuldner nachweist, dass ein Zinsschaden überhaupt nicht oder
wesentlich niedriger entstanden ist.
8. Lieferung
Die Lieferung erfolgt erst nach Bezahlung.
Wird ein Gegenstand trotzdem vor
Bezahlung des Kaufpreises ausgehändigt, so steht die Eigentumsübertragung unter der
aufschiebenden Bedingung der vollständigen Bezahlung des Kaufpreises. Der Käufer ist
bis dahin nicht zur Weiterveräußerung oder Veränderung des Versteigerungsgutes berech
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tigt. Saalbieter sind gehalten, die erworbenen Objekte nach Bezahlung am Auktionstag
mitzunehmen.
Ein Versand durch die Fa. Thies e. K. erfolgt erst nach entsprechender
Versandanweisung durch den Käufer. Sperrige Gegenstände werden von uns generell
nicht versandt, bzw. nur nach vorheriger Absprache mit dem Käufer.
Für Gegenstände, die sieben Tage nach der Auktion nicht abgeholt wurden, wird eine
Lagergebühr von 10
€
pro Objekt und Tag berechnet.
9. Gewährleistung
Mit dem Zuschlag gehen alle Risiken, insbesondere des zufälligen Untergangs und der
zufälligen Verschlechterung, auf den Käufer über. Die versteigerten Gegenstände sind
gebraucht.
Der Versteigerer haftet als Kommissionär, abgesehen von der unter Punkt 2 genannten
Gewährleistung, für die Originalität der Gegenstände, nicht für Mängel, gleich welcher
Art. Er verpf lichtet sich, rechtzeitig vorgetragene Mängelrügen des Erwerbers innerhalb
der gesetzlichen Gewährleistungsfrist dem Einlieferer zu übermitteln, sofern es ihm aus
tatsächlichen Gründen nicht unmöglich ist, diesen noch zu erreichen.
Schaden, der aus Missverständnissen oder Übermittlungsfehlern im Verkehr zwischen
Versteigerer und Kaufinteressent entsteht, insbesondere bei telefonischen Übermittlungen,
geht zu Lasten des Kaufinteressenten. Der Versteigerer oder seine Erfüllungsgehilfen haf
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ten nur für vorsätzlich oder grob fahrlässig verursachten Schaden.
10. Erhaltungsangaben
1 = hervorragende Erhaltung
2 = normale Erhaltung
3 = stark getragen/gebraucht
4 = mäßige Erhaltung
Orden und historische Sammlungsgegenstände sind Objekte, die zum Tragen bzw.
zum Gebrauch bestimmt waren und somit einer naturgemäßen Abnutzung unterlagen.
Besonders bei frühen Exemplaren berücksichtigt die Erhaltungseinstufung das Alter.
Mängel, Restaurierungen oder Beschädigungen, die über das übliche Maß hinausgehen,
sind im Text erwähnt. Erhaltungsangaben als Ergebnis subjektiver Betrachtung sind kein
Bestandteil der Katalogbeschreibung. Auf die Besichtigungsmöglichkeit ist deshalb aus
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drücklich hingewiesen.
Reklamationen, die sich auf den Zustand eines ersteigerten Objektes beziehen, sind grund
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sätzlich ausgeschlossen.
11. Nutzungsbedingungen §§ 86, 86 a StGB
Zum Schutz der Öffentlichkeit und mit Rücksicht auf unsere ausländischen Kunden sind
wir zu größtmöglicher Sorgfalt und Umsicht im Umgang mit zeitgeschichtlichen Objekten
aus der Zeit des 3. Reiches verpf lichtet.
Die Gegenstände werden daher nicht öffentlich ausgestellt. Titel und Bezeichnungen ein
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zelner Personen oder Truppenteile wurden wie im Sprachgebrauch der Zeit üblich in die
Katalogbeschreibung übernommen. Damit ist keinerlei Wertung verbunden.
Besucher, die Gegenstände aus der Zeit des 3. Reiches vorbesichtigen möchten und der
Firma Andreas Thies e. K. nicht persönlich bekannt sind, werden gebeten, ein entspre
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chendes Besichtigungsformular auszufüllen und darin ihr Sammelgebiet einzutragen.
Gleichzeitig werden die Kenntnisnahme der §§ 86, 86 a StGB und deren strikte Einhaltung
zugesichert.
Schriftliche Bieter, die unserem Hause nicht persönlich bekannt sind, werden bei Abgabe
von Geboten auf Gegenstände aus der Zeit des 3. Reiches gebeten, Art und Zweck ihres
Sammelgebietes anzugeben, z. B. Auf bau einer nach wissenschaftlichen Grundsätzen
aufgebauten Sammlung über Vorgänge des Zeitgeschehens, wie etwa den 2. Weltkrieg,
die Wehrmacht, etc.
Die Firma Andreas Thies e. K. nimmt Gebote nur von solchen Bietern entgegen, die sich
zu einer strikten Einhaltung der §§ 86, 86 a StGB verpf lichten.
Indem Kataloginhaber, Auktionsteilnehmer und Bieter sich nicht gegenteilig äußern, ver
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sichern sie, dass sie den Katalog und die darin abgebildeten Gegenstände aus der Zeit des
3. Reiches nur zu Zwecken der staatsbürgerlichen Auf klärung, der Abwehr verfassungs
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widriger Bestrebungen, der Kunst, der Wissenschaft, der Forschung oder der Lehre, der
Berichterstattung über Vorgänge des Zeitgeschehens oder der Geschichte oder zu ähnli
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chen Zwecken erwerben (§§ 86 a, 86 StGB).
Die Firma Andreas Thies e. K. bietet diese Gegenstände und den entsprechenden
Katalog nur unter diesen Voraussetzungen an. Mit der Abgabe eines Gebotes wer
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den diese Bedingungen, wie auch die im allgemeinen Teil des Kataloges abgedruckten
Versteigerungs- und Geschäftsbedingungen ausdrücklich akzeptiert.
12. Erfüllungsort und Gerichtsstand
Die Geschäftsräume des Versteigerers sind für beide Teile Erfüllungsort. Das am
Erfüllungsort geltende Recht ist maßgebend für alle Rechtsbeziehungen zwischen dem
Käufer und dem Versteigerer, und zwar auch dann, wenn der Rechtsstreit im Ausland
geführt wird. Das einheitliche Gesetz über den internationalen Kauf beweglicher Sachen
und das einheitliche Gesetz über den Abschluss von internationalen Kaufverträgen
über bewegliche Sachen gelten nicht. Für sämtliche gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen
Ansprüche aus der Geschäftsverbindung mit Vollkauf leuten, juristischen Personen des
öffentlichen Rechts und öffentlich-rechtlichen Sondervermögen ist Nürtingen ausschließ
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licher Gerichtsstand. Der gleiche Gerichtsstand gilt, wenn der Käufer keinen allgemeinen
Gerichtsstand im Inland hat oder nach Vertragsschluss seinen Wohnsitz oder gewöhn
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lichen Aufenthaltsort aus dem Inland verlegt oder sein Wohnsitz oder gewöhnlicher
Aufenthaltsort zum Zeitpunkt der Klageerhebung nicht bekannt ist.
Sollte eine oder mehrere Bestimmungen dieser Versteigerungsbedingungen unwirksam
sein, so bleiben die übrigen gleichwohl gültig.
Alle Losnummern dieses Kataloges, die mit R gekennzeichnet sind, werden mit der
Regelbesteuerung besteuert.
Die Warenausgabe erfolgt nur
gegen Barzahlung oder bankbestätigten Scheck.
