NE - GOOD- in working condition, wear on working surfaces, finish 40% - 79%, no broken parts, no corrosion or pitting that will interfere with proper functioning, but may have some minor surface pitting. Wood condition commensurable with percent of finish with dings and dents associated with 40% - 79% gun.

Notes from the consignor attribute the pistol and accoutrements as the war trophies of a family member, Corporal Burdette R. Johnson, an artilleryman and veteran of World War II in Africa and Europe. An included account details the owner's war service, including landing in Morocco in November 1942 as part of Operation Torch, participated in the invasion of Sicily (including Patton's drive on Messina), fought through Italy with the 5th Army and the French Expeditionary Corps (including action around Monte Cassino and the Gustav Line), Southern France, and crossed the Rhine into Germany proper. He was on a Liberty ship back to the States when victory over Japan was announced and was released from the Army on August 18, 1945. A section for February 7-9, 1945 notes finding a dead German while attacking the Colmar Pocket in Alsace, the likely source of the pistol and accoutrements. The lot includes a holster rig (holster, belt, Hitler Youth buckle, bayonet with sheath and frog), 47" x 86" German flag (fair, some edge tattering), 28" x 31" Japanese "meatball" flag with untranslated Japanese handwriting (good), and a cardboard frag grenade case.