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Pistol, automatic   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Pistol, automatic
Object type Soldier collectors/wars
Classification: 75000
Description
English: Luger Model P08-14 semi-automatic pistol, WW1 semi-automatic pistol; centre fire; long barrel; German military Navy-Artillery issue; adjustable back sight; chequered wooden grips; fixed lanyard loop on rear of pistol; safety catch on left hand side at rear; with magazine magazine- 8-round magazine with wooden endcap markings- serial number on rear underside of barrel, forward underside of body, and left front upper of body- 5306 on removable parts- 06 date on top of chamber- 1917 maker's mark on top of toggle- DWM German military proofs on right front of body under safety- GESICHERT manufacturer- Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken AG, Germany c1917
Date Circa 1917; World War 1, 1914-18-wars
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length: 340mm
length: 200mm
width: 35mm
height: 128mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1977.112
Place of creation Europe; Germany
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1977.112, A7046,
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Luger Model P.08-14 centrefire semi-automatic pistol and magazine, WW1 One of a pair obtained by donor from Mr Bert McCulloch who claimed he got them from two German officers who were menacing him during WW1. Bert McCulloch This was possibly 17-128 Sergeant Robert McCulloch, NZ Veterinary Corps, of Te Kuiti. Alternatively it might refer to 11507 Bert McCullough, Auckland Infantry, 12th Reinforcements, whose mother lived at Ranfurly Rd Epsom, or 13-2220 Bertie Everlie McCullough, Auckland Mounted Rifles, who worked for Henderson and Pollard at the time of his enlistment in 1915, and who died in 1923 of wounds received during the war.

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