UBB.threads Forums General Interest In Memoriam John Pepera

I do not know how John Pepara acquired the SS prototype dagger, but a Mr John J Gabrick had it from a nephew of the veteran who returned with it from the war. Mr Gabrick wrote up a detailed account of his find in a 1981 edition of Gun Collectors Digest. Interestingly Mr Gabrick detailed some abuse to the dagger which had knocked out one of the runes from the grip, subsequently restored. I believe that a very similar dagger, also by Alcoso, resided in the collection of the late Robert Waites. Mr Gabrick seemed to have phenomanal luck in turning up prototype daggers, I attach a scan of Mr Gabick's 1981 article for Gun Collectors Digest which details his several interesting finds.