Pistol owned by Sgt. Henry James Lomax
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Mauser, German, founded 1811
label: Owned by
content: Henry James Lomax, American, 1917 - 1978
notes: label: Caption
content: During World War II, Sgt. Henry Lomax served for a time with the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific Area, part of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He brought back this German Mauser pistol as a souvenir of his war service.
label: Description
content: A WWII era Mauser HSc pistol owned by Henry J. Lomax. The pistol has wood hand grips. The bullet clip is still inserted into the gun. The left side of the pistol barrel is engraved with the Mauser logo and “Mauser-Werke A. G. Oberndorfa N. / Mod HSc] and [Kal. 7.65mm]. The gun’s safety is behind the engraving.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pia Marie Winters Jordan in memory of her mother, First Lieutenant Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, Army Nurse Corps; and her uncle, Sgt. Henry James Lomax, U.S. Army
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.42.9
objectType: label: Type
content: pistols
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 15/16 × 5 7/8 × 1 in. (10 × 15 × 2.5 cm)