Walther Olympia-Pistole Jagerschaftsmodell

[K.38]

I stumbled upon on a Walther Jager .22LR auto pistol with a storied past. I bought the pistol from a family member of the soldier who brought it back from Europe. The capture certificate was signed 2 Oct 1945 by a 1st Lt from the 506th Parachute Regiment. Don't know if the soldier was part of the 506th or not.

A few years ago the pistol was stolen by a little piece of fecal matter who is now doing 6 - 8 years in the big house. Besides the theft he also tried to hold up a hotel. The little POFM should have gotten life as he also threw the original and very rare holster out the car window going down the highway, plus he gouged off the serial number on the wooden mag extension. If anyone finds a Walther Jager holster on the side of the road it's mine.

Other than that and a couple of scratches across the serial numbers on the frame and slide the pistol in great condition and shoots wonderfully. It doesn't like RWS pistol match but it loves Fed automatch.

Not a lot of info on the web about the Jager except they were apparently used by the 3rd reich hunting society to test hunters on markmanship.

Anyone else have a Jager?

 

[Qball]

. If anyone finds a Walther Jager holster on the side of the road it's mine.

Cool.. though not a Walther, my dad had a "Star" that looked like your Olympia.
It was extremly accurate, unfortunatly being a "Star" i wore it down shooting it.
Still have the sholderholster that came with it, (probably home made).

 

[K.38]

I've been doing some research on the soldier who brought back the Walther and he did indeed serve with the 506th. He was a S/Sgt in HQ 2/506th he enlisted 29 July 1942 and served at least until 2 Oct 1945. He passed away in 2003.

If I can figure out how to make a copy of the capture cert to the computer I will post a copy of it if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Interesting Star made a look alike, norinco made a copy of it too.

 

[kleinkaliber]

Those are very nice pistols and yours is made even better with the capture papers. Looking at the other items listed on the paper, I'm curious about the "2 muzzel loader pistol." Wonder what that/those were?

Back then it was allowed and officially approved to bring back war trophies. Now days, according to a friend who just got back from Iraq, they are strictly forbidden to bring back any trophies, even something as small as a uniform button. Sad.

I was watching a WW2 documentary that had a segment about war trophies where they said there was a saying something along the lines of...

The Germans fight for the Furher
The British fight for the King
The Americans fight for souveniers.

 

[n4zov]

I wasn't familiar with the Walther Olympia-Pistole Jagerschaftsmodell but finally found some great photos on the Collector Firearms site. They have one in nice condition for almost $2000! A most interesting and unusual gun. I would like to see a copy of the capture certificate if you don't mind posting it.

 

[H Richard]

You could lay it out and take a digital photo of it and post it as a photo.

 

[K.38]

Here is a picture (I hope). I'm trying to figure out the Lt's name to see if there is any history on him but so far no luck.