*RARE BSW HERMANN GORING PRESENTATION DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING.

Revised: 3/22/2010

Correction: This gun is a sideplated boxlock receiver rather than a full sidelock receiver as stated in the catalog.

*RARE BSW HERMANN GORING PRESENTATION DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING. SN 42289. Cal. 9.3X74/9.3X74/12 ga. Made by BSW (Berlin Suhler Waffen Und Fahrzeugwerke) in Suhl, Germany with 23-1/2″ bbl cluster having a flat matted quarter rib with raised front sight pedestal and sunken concave matted center rib. Quarter rib is mounted with typical German claw mounts and a 2-position express rear sight with hand matted rear faces. Front sight is a silver bead caterpillar type that is removable. Bbls have dbl underlugs and double barrel extensions for the modified Greener crossbolt. Bbls have the very rare feature of ejectors for the rifle bbls. Bbls are each marked with the manufacturer’s oval logo over “Suhl”. Receiver has full sidelocks with Greener thumb safety in the left lock and cocked indicators on each lock with a cocked indicator in top of receiver for the shotgun bbl. Top tang has a hand checkered locking sliding button for the shotgun bbl. Both triggers are set. Mounted with spectacular burl honey & chocolate French walnut with checkered rounded forearm and pistol grip stock with raised side panels and European style cheekpiece, 14-5/8″ over a beautiful leather covered pad. Bottom of bbl and bottom of stock have narrow European sling loops. Grip cap is blued flat steel secured with two engraved screws with the gold inlaid presentation “Herrn / Generalfeldmarschall / Goring / zugeeignet von der / Wilhelm-Gustloff- / Stiftung, Weimar / 1938″. (Rough translation: A presentation of the Wilhelm-Gustloff Foundation of Weimar”.) Gustloff was a Swiss National who founded the Swiss NSDAP (Nazi Party). He became a Gauleiter (Party Leader) and was assassinated in Feb. 1936. Note: Field Marshall Goring’s name is found spelled in two forms, either “GORING” or “GOERING”. This spectacular double rifle drilling known as a Doppelbuchsdrilling with its full sidelocks is spectacularly engraved with full coverage on the receiver, lockplates, trigger guard and appended metal with incredibly fine foliate arabesque scrolls with heavily carved oak leaf & acorn patterns on the fences and laurel leaves & berries on the reinforcements below the fences. Thumb lever boss has a spectacular rosette with the shotgun button inlaid in gold “SCHROT” and the thumb safety having a large “S” in gold. Engraving extends about 2-1/4″ up the bbls and the bbl extensions have matching, blending oak leaf patterns over their top edges to match the tops of the fences. Forend iron is engraved to match with the inside of the forend iron highly polished and hand jeweled. Bbl flats and bottom of the shotgun bbl are also polished bright and hand jeweled. This is one of Suhler’s finest and most elaborate drillings, undoubtedly created for Field Marshall Goring on special order. A copy of an undated letter from Jan Mueller gives a brief history on this beautiful drilling including some of the above information. He also states that this drilling was apparently with Field Marshall Goring’s collections at Karin Hall (sic), that it was on the train which was sent to Berchtesgaden (sic) with Goring’s art collection and other personal effects in late April of 1945. This wonderful drilling was “liberated” by General (4 stars) Wade Hampton Haislip who was the Commander of 15th Corps at that time. He was probably given this drilling as a present from someone in the 101st Airborne Division who had captured it at Berteschgarten. Gen. Haislip was born in Woodstock, VA, July 9, 1889, graduated from West Point in 1912 and served at various postings including Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914. From 1917-1921 he was with the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI, then in the occupation of Germany afterward. During the war he participated in the battles of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Between WWI and WWII he was an instructor at West Point for two years and attended a variety of military schools. From 1928-1931 he was the Assistant Executive in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. He was in the Budget & Legislative Planning Branch of the War Dept. General Staff from 1938-1941 and Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel. At the outbreak of WWII he organized the 85th Infantry Division and served as its Commander from April 1942-Feb 1943 after which he took command of XV Corps and served with it through Normandy, France, Rhineland & Central European campaigns. He then became Commander of the 7th United States Army and remained there until the end of the war. After the war he served in various senior staff positions and in 1949 became the vice Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration and retired in 1951. Haislip was a life long friend of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, introduced Ike to Mamie, and served as pallbearer at Ike’s funeral. He died on Dec. 23, 1971 and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. Accompanied by a copy of a signed statement dated May 4, 1977 from Mrs. Wade Hampton Haislip stating that she was the owner of this drilling and that it was the property of her late husband. She states that she does not know how he obtained the drilling but that it was captured at Berteschgarten on May 4, 1945 and it was there that he obtained it as “war booty”. She also states that after Gen. Haislip had acquired the drilling “It was always kept at our house as a trophy of war and was never fired.” She also states that upon the General’s death in Dec. 1971 she retained possession of the drilling until she gave it to Charles E. Johnson to sell for her. Mrs. Haislip died in 1987 and is buried beside her husband in Arlington. Also accompanying is a signed notarized statement from Eric E. Mueller wherein he states that his father Jan C. Mueller, purchased this BSW Drilling from Mr. Charles Johnson who was the selling agent for Mrs. Haislip in 1977. He states that it was displayed in his father’s library until his death in the year 2000 when ownership passed to him and it has remained in his possession until consigned to this auction. Also accompanying is a Washington, D.C. “RIFLE/SHOT GUN LICENSE” dated June 13, 1969 to Wade Hampton Haislip. There is no identification of any particular firearm and the intended use block states “DISPLAY ONLY AS TROPHY OF WAR”. Additionally accompanied by a replacement old green felt lined leather trunk case compartmented in bottom for the drilling with two covered compartments containing nickeled square oil bottles. Other compartments are missing their lids with the front two compartments containing a Zeiss Zielvier claw mount scope with 3-post reticle and leather scope covers. The other compartment contains a Zeiss Zielmar scope with crosshair post & dot. Additionally there are two full 10-rd boxes of RWS rifle ammunition. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains virtually all of its orig factory finish with strong bright blue on bbls and virtually all of its orig French gray finish on the receiver, lockplates and appended metal. Wood is sound showing little or no wear with only one or two very minor handling & storage mars. Mechanics are crisp, strong ejectors, brilliant shiny bores. Case is lightly soiled but solid with light moth damage in the lining and some minor damage in bottom. Scopes are both fine with crisp optics. Ammunition is fine. 4-39842 JR338 (30,000-50,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1071	$58,075.00	Revised: 3/22/2010 Correction: This gun is a sideplated boxlock receiver rather than a full sidelock receiver as stated in the catalog. RARE BSW HERMANN GORING PRESENTATION DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING. SN 42289. Cal. 9.3X74/9.3X74/12 ga. Made by BSW (Berlin Suhler Waffen Und Fahrzeugwerke) in Suhl, Germany with 23-1/2″ bbl cluster having a flat matted quarter rib with raised front sight pedestal and sunken concave matted center rib. Quarter rib is mounted with typical German claw mounts and a 2-position express rear sight with hand matted rear faces. Front sight is a silver bead caterpillar type that is removable. Bbls have dbl underlugs and double barrel extensions for the modified Greener crossbolt. Bbls have the very rare feature of ejectors for the rifle bbls. Bbls are each marked with the manufacturer’s oval logo over “Suhl”. Receiver has full sidelocks with Greener thumb safety in the left lock and cocked indicators on each lock with a cocked indicator in top of receiver for the shotgun bbl. Top tang has a hand checkered locking sliding button for the shotgun bbl. Both triggers are set. Mounted with spectacular burl honey & chocolate French walnut with checkered rounded forearm and pistol grip stock with raised side panels and European style cheekpiece, 14-5/8″ over a beautiful leather covered pad. Bottom of bbl and bottom of stock have narrow European sling loops. Grip cap is blued flat steel secured with two engraved screws with the gold inlaid presentation “Herrn / Generalfeldmarschall / Goring / zugeeignet von der / Wilhelm-Gustloff- / Stiftung, Weimar / 1938″. (Rough translation: A presentation of the Wilhelm-Gustloff Foundation of Weimar”.) Gustloff was a Swiss National who founded the Swiss NSDAP (Nazi Party). He became a Gauleiter (Party Leader) and was assassinated in Feb. 1936. Note: Field Marshall Goring’s name is found spelled in two forms, either “GORING” or “GOERING”. This spectacular double rifle drilling known as a Doppelbuchsdrilling with its full sidelocks is spectacularly engraved with full coverage on the receiver, lockplates, trigger guard and appended metal with incredibly fine foliate arabesque scrolls with heavily carved oak leaf & acorn patterns on the fences and laurel leaves & berries on the reinforcements below the fences. Thumb lever boss has a spectacular rosette with the shotgun button inlaid in gold “SCHROT” and the thumb safety having a large “S” in gold. Engraving extends about 2-1/4″ up the bbls and the bbl extensions have matching, blending oak leaf patterns over their top edges to match the tops of the fences. Forend iron is engraved to match with the inside of the forend iron highly polished and hand jeweled. Bbl flats and bottom of the shotgun bbl are also polished bright and hand jeweled. This is one of Suhler’s finest and most elaborate drillings, undoubtedly created for Field Marshall Goring on special order. A copy of an undated letter from Jan Mueller gives a brief history on this beautiful drilling including some of the above information. He also states that this drilling was apparently with Field Marshall Goring’s collections at Karin Hall (sic), that it was on the train which was sent to Berchtesgaden (sic) with Goring’s art collection and other personal effects in late April of 1945. This wonderful drilling was “liberated” by General (4 stars) Wade Hampton Haislip who was the Commander of 15th Corps at that time. He was probably given this drilling as a present from someone in the 101st Airborne Division who had captured it at Berteschgarten. Gen. Haislip was born in Woodstock, VA, July 9, 1889, graduated from West Point in 1912 and served at various postings including Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914. From 1917-1921 he was with the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI, then in the occupation of Germany afterward. During the war he participated in the battles of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Between WWI and WWII he was an instructor at West Point for two years and attended a variety of military schools. From 1928-1931 he was the Assistant Executive in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. He was in the Budget & Legislative Planning Branch of the War Dept. General Staff from 1938-1941 and Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel. At the outbreak of WWII he organized the 85th Infantry Division and served as its Commander from April 1942-Feb 1943 after which he took command of XV Corps and served with it through Normandy, France, Rhineland & Central European campaigns. He then became Commander of the 7th United States Army and remained there until the end of the war. After the war he served in various senior staff positions and in 1949 became the vice Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration and retired in 1951. Haislip was a life long friend of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, introduced Ike to Mamie, and served as pallbearer at Ike’s funeral. He died on Dec. 23, 1971 and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. Accompanied by a copy of a signed statement dated May 4, 1977 from Mrs. Wade Hampton Haislip stating that she was the owner of this drilling and that it was the property of her late husband. She states that she does not know how he obtained the drilling but that it was captured at Berteschgarten on May 4, 1945 and it was there that he obtained it as “war booty”. She also states that after Gen. Haislip had acquired the drilling “It was always kept at our house as a trophy of war and was never fired.” She also states that upon the General’s death in Dec. 1971 she retained possession of the drilling until she gave it to Charles E. Johnson to sell for her. Mrs. Haislip died in 1987 and is buried beside her husband in Arlington. Also accompanying is a signed notarized statement from Eric E. Mueller wherein he states that his father Jan C. Mueller, purchased this BSW Drilling from Mr. Charles Johnson who was the selling agent for Mrs. Haislip in 1977. He states that it was displayed in his father’s library until his death in the year 2000 when ownership passed to him and it has remained in his possession until consigned to this auction. Also accompanying is a Washington, D.C. “RIFLE/SHOT GUN LICENSE” dated June 13, 1969 to Wade Hampton Haislip. There is no identification of any particular firearm and the intended use block states “DISPLAY ONLY AS TROPHY OF WAR”. Additionally accompanied by a replacement old green felt lined leather trunk case compartmented in bottom for the drilling with two covered compartments containing nickeled square oil bottles. Other compartments are missing their lids with the front two compartments containing a Zeiss Zielvier claw mount scope with 3-post reticle and leather scope covers. The other compartment contains a Zeiss Zielmar scope with crosshair post & dot. Additionally there are two full 10-rd boxes of RWS rifle ammunition. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains virtually all of its orig factory finish with strong bright blue on bbls and virtually all of its orig French gray finish on the receiver, lockplates and appended metal. Wood is sound showing little or no wear with only one or two very minor handling & storage mars. Mechanics are crisp, strong ejectors, brilliant shiny bores. Case is lightly soiled but solid with light moth damage in the lining and some minor damage in bottom. Scopes are both fine with crisp optics. Ammunition is fine. 4-39842 JR338 (30,000-50,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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