My grandpa recently passed away. He fought in WWII but never really talked about his experience. A few weeks after the funeral, boxes started showing up at our house. It turns out my grandpa willed his gun collection to my mom. He was a rancher so it mainly contained hunting rifles and old shotguns, but one of the pistols was Luger with SS markings on the barrel. On the upper part of the hilt by where the grip meets the metal part is a scorpion engraving. I think this is the interesting part.

Ultimately, I would love to know more about this gun's history. I can't make out the serial number because its pretty scratched up but it definitely ends with a "w". Right now I assume he took it from a German during the war but I could be wrong.

Just as a final note, my grandpa used to tell us stories about dating Moshe Dayan's daughter when he was stationed in Israel after the war so incase anyone is going to suggest he was a neonazi collecting memorabilia I promise you that is not the case. Also, I deleted and reposted this because I clearly don't know how to english given the previous title.