Eva Braun's pistol (6.35 Ortgies pistol)

Woman was nuts for obvious reason. First she was with Adolph. Second, she had two suicide attempts and then Adolph gives her a pistol. You'd think he'd know better but what do you expect from the man who plunged Germany onto a path of destruction? Anyway, she left it in Munich when she went to Berlin to be with Adolph in the very abbreviated thousand year Reich.

Last time it was sold at auction it went for $54,625. That's a heckuva lot for a Ortgies. Mark Felton tells the story of her Ortgies. BTW, the stylized D is actually a cat and stands for Deustche Werke.

If you have one, be careful when you disassemble it b/c it's easy to lose firing pin spring guide (I made a replacement for a colleague).

 

First the cyanide then immediately the Ortgie to the temple...

 

Did she shoot herself? Hitler did, after taking poison, but I've never read of Eva doing it. Witnesses outside the room reported a single shot.

 

From a shakey memory i think Hitler shot her...?