In order to search for Gutermann you have to assume the story is valid. Several things stand out that leaves questions in my mind. Why would a soldier modify a war trophy, and where during the closing days of WWII would he have found a machinist to modify the weapon. The Germanicon soldier was not prone to modifying or personalizing their weapons, and the regimental markings do not follow accepted German procedure for these markings. Why remove the model marking even if you wanted to remove the USP and serial number. The maker markings were not removed, as they are on the left side of the slide. Why would a German soldier let himself be captured with a U.S. soldiers pistol that had the German soldier's name added to it?
In the pictures the original serial number appears to have been modified before being milled off. Was this just a way of adding history to an already modified 1911A1?
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