One side of the rectangular center is discolored black.ĭ: Cylindrical-shaped, thin, gray metal mainspring from a 7.65 mm Mauser HSc. The rear bolt is slightly longer than the front and has a spring on it. The pin is thin, and has a rectangular-shaped center section with a small cylindrical bolt on the front and back. The interior contains a spring that extends up from the bottom and attaches to a platform that sits at the top of the magazine, and is depressed when a cartridge is inserted.Ĭ: Small, dark silver, metal firing pin from a 7.65 mm Mauser HSc. The bottom is wide and flat and extends forward past the magazine. The flat sides have two columns of small holes three on the rear and four in the front column. The rectangular-shaped magazine is angled forward with a rounded front side and a flat back. The manufacturing information and a maker’s mark are stamped on the left side of the slide, and a Waffenamt mark is stamped on both sides of the trigger guard.ī: Metal, dark silver-colored handgun magazine for a 7.65mm Mauser HSc. The back of the slide holds the small hammer. The front of the slide holds the circular opening of the barrel. The lever is in the up position, revealing a small, red painted circle. A levered thumb safety is on the left side of the slide and at the rear. The oval ejection port is midway down the barrel on the right side. The top of the slide is rounded with a small, U-shaped channel which holds the front and rear sights. The slide has flat sides with thin, angled, vertical ridges on both sides near the back. Attached to the top of the frame is the slide that contains the barrel and firing mechanisms. The trigger guard continues forward and tapers up, where it joins the front end of the frame. The steel trigger guard extends out from the front of the grip and has a large, oval-shaped opening that holds the crescent-shaped trigger.
The front tip of the magazine extends out slightly past the front of the grip. The magazine release is a small, ridged latch on the bottom of the grip. Each grip panel has a small, black screw in the center. The grip has a straight front strap with a back strap that curves inward below the slide. Physical Description a: Semi-automatic, black, steel framed, 7.65 mm Mauser pistol with brown, walnut paneled grips. For his service during the war, Leo was awarded the Partizanska Spomenica (Commemorative Medal of the Partisans). Towards the end of the war, Leo was appointed as head of the Management Department at Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Hrvatske (ZAVNOH, State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia). In June, 1944, he helped organize the First Congress of Croatian Cultural Workers in Topusko. In February 1943, he lectured for the Communist Party in Livno and in June he was editor of the underground newspaper, “Free Dalmatia”. There he was an organizer for the resistance, directed courses for the Pokrajinski Komitet Komunistička partija Hrvatske (PK KPH, Provincial Committee for the Communist Party of Croatia), edited the underground newspaper “Our Report”, and was later appointed Officer of the Naval Forces for Headquarters IV Operations Zone. After he joined, Leo was sent to Split in the Italian-occupied zone on the Dalmatian Coast. Soon after occupation, Leo, with his wife and child fled and joined the partisans. Central Yugoslavia, including Zagreb, was formed into the independent state of Croatia, ruled by the Ustasa. Leo Gerskovic, his wife Inge, and their child lived in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, when Germany and its allies invaded and occupied the country on April 6, 1941. Based on the marking on the trigger guard, this pistol was a German military-issued pistol before Gerskovic acquired it. Mauser HSc pistol used by Leo Gerskovic while he was a member of the Yugoslav partisans during World War II.
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