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Lt. Schaffer's MP40 Discovered 50 Years After Movie


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How American Ranger, Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood) MP40 wound up at Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

 

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taken to Bridgwater police station in Somerset by a former film worker in 2017.

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https://nypost.com/2017/11/28/clinton-eastwood-machine-gun-turns-up-in-unlikeliest-of-places/

 

http://theclinteastwoodarchive.blogspot.com/2017/12/clints-where-eagles-dare-mp40-is-handed.html

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I think we looked at this claim a couple of years ago and determined the provenance was non existent. Many MP 40 were used in WED, why was just the one Eastwood used claimed to be found. Until the Brits post the provenance, I have a hard time buying this one.

 

MH

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