Adolf Hitler’s $42M Luger — the ‘most valuable pistol on Earth’ — at center of sensational court battle

The “most valuable pistol on Earth” — a reputed $42 million Luger that belonged to Adolf Hitler — is at the center of a sensational court battle involving an appliance repair man and a cop in Argentina. 7 Juan Pablo Ruppel holding a Luger pistol. 7 Hans Ruppel in SS Division Leibstandarte uniform (third from the left). Hans Ruppel had served in the SS Division Leibstandarte — Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit — during the Second World War and fled to Argentina in 1945. He was not involved in Mengele’s war crimes and was never accused in connection with Nazi atrocities during World War II, De Mello said.