{"id":18348,"date":"2016-08-12T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T19:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=18348"},"modified":"2016-08-12T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T19:50:33","slug":"military-weapons-from-the-past-himmlers-sniper-presentation-sauer-38h-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/12\/military-weapons-from-the-past-himmlers-sniper-presentation-sauer-38h-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Weapons From the Past: Himmler&#8217;s Sniper Presentation Sauer 38H Pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Himmler&#039;s Sniper Presentation Sauer 38H Pistol\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUkM1cmSurU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This pistol on display here is a Sauer model 38H (a much more common pistol in German WWII service than many people realize) that was made specially as a presentation piece. Heinrich Himmler presented these pistols to snipers who had killed 100 enemy soldiers &#8211; other prizes were offered for 50 (a leave from the front and a nice watch) and 150 (a hunting trip with Himmler himself). For 100, it appears that a sniper was given a choice of binoculars, hunting rifle, or these pistols.<\/p>\n<p>How many were actually made and how many were actually awarded is not clear. The serial number of known examples are in a range from 475396 (which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockislandauction.com\/viewitem\/aid\/68\/lid\/1400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this one<\/a>) to 475409. Clearly, they were all made in once batch and then awarded as Himmler saw fit. An interesting artifact of the Nazi Party&#8217;s interaction with the German military!<\/p>\n<p>Read the Original Article at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/ria-himmler-presentation-sauser-38h-for-snipers\/\">Forgotten Weapons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And Please Subscribe to their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrfKGpvbEQXcbe68dzXgJuA\">YouTube Channel <\/a><\/strong>As Well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pistol on display here is a Sauer model 38H (a much more common pistol in German WWII service than many people realize) that was made specially as a presentation piece. Heinrich Himmler presented these pistols to snipers who had killed 100 enemy soldiers &#8211; other prizes were offered for 50 (a leave from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4827,24,1899,1901],"tags":[5426,13277,13278,3122,10687],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}