In a signed letter from Captain Showalter, he stated that the Munich Chief of Police personally removed this pistol from Eva Braun's residence after the war and had placed it in the storage area. It was during this time that Lieutenant Showalter was able to obtain this specific pistol. The Police Chief allowed Lieutenant Showalter from time to time to go through the warehouse/storage areas of confiscated weapons.

He befriended the local game warden and eventually the Police Chief of Munich. The original owner of this rare pistol was a Captain Showalter, (Ret.) who at the time was a 1st Lieutenant stationed in Germany in1945 and was responsible for overseeing the cleanup of left over war material in and around Munich. The exact make and model of that pistol were generally unknown until this pistol and documentation surfaced. It has been a known fact that Eva Braun carried a small 6.36mm pistol that was given to her by Adolf Hitler. However the accompanying documents substantiate the historical lineage from the time it was removed from Eva Bruan's house in Munich in 1945, by the Munich Chief of police to the present day consignor. This pistol itself is a rather plain and diminutive, Deutsche Werkes Ortgies semi-automatic that was made in 1939 and is not what you would expect from someone in her position, or one that was given by the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler.

This pistol is documented as being the 'One of A Kind', personal 6.35mm pistol that was given to 'Eva Bruan' personally by Adolf Hitler.

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