it's a perfect "behind the ear" type of pistol.
Usually small stuff like 7,65mm or 9x17 were carried by higher ranking officials, but not always. For example, Micheal Whitmann carried J.P. Sauer 7,65mm auto.
Suitcases of Walthers in 7,65mm were used "behind the head" by NKVD at Katyn in Belorussia. They originally came from occupation of Baltic State either Latvia or Estonia ie form spoils of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Agreement.
i didn't know that.
quite a few years ago, i had the pleasure of some conversations with a polish man, a former calvary officer in the 30's in poland.
he escaped the forest, interesting to talk to.
i have a unfired 38h sauer in the collection, interesting story behind it too.
one of my favorites is a cz 27, picked up by a tank driver in the 3rd army.
i am interested in the history of that area of the world, having ancestory in the old prussia, and eastern baltic. that is on the danish/german side. what i didn't realize until recently the slavic side/croat-slovakian was up there too.
