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18th century pistol taken from Italian museum is returned 66 years later after deathbed wish of British soldier with ‘troubled conscience’

September 28th, 2010
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A 250-year-old antique pistol taken from an Italian museum by a British squaddie as a souvenir during World War II has finally been returned, fulfilling the old soldier's death bed wish.

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