How was Europe disarmed after WWII?

[chowder]

@Hypno-Toad

Thanks to the neo-nazis, it can be…tricky… to display WWII souveniers. Something like your daggers probably wouldn’t be an issue even if they have swastikas on them. But one certainly couldn’t put a captured nazi flag up on display. But I don’t know if it’s different over there in Britain.

They aren’t on display, just stuck in a box in the junkroom.

I fished them out and they have the following on the blade.

Meine Ehre Heist* Treue

*At least that’s what I think this word is, it’s all in Gothic Black lettering.

There’s a couple of scabbards with them but they are decidedly battered and worn

[PoorYorick]

@Hypno-Toad

Here’s a military paper related to the topic. It’s about the law-enforcement role of the US military in post war Germany

I just read the linked document, and I just have to ask (rhetorically), "Did anyone read this before the Iraqi invasion? Apparently not.

Sheesh.