Airguns as historical symbols

[45flint]

Collecting old airguns has been a fun hobby since I retired. My passion tends to be researching the history with shooting being a meaningful but secondary part of it. My new acquisition of a military CZ VZ35 is a great example. The history summed up well in this blog:

https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2021...-rifle-part-1/

This rifle was developed at a time when it clearly represented a tool to fight the coming Nazi storm. Unfortunately it was a futile effort as their country was the first to be swallowing up. To me the Czechoslovakian Crest on this rifles represents much?

I contrast this with the unsettling “glorification” of anything with connection to Nazi Germany. In the US any gun with connection to that era sells for much more with many collectors, dealers and shows specializing in this. Currently here there are two VZ35 with Nazi markings that are priced at multiples of a Czechoslovakian model.
If you research the history the CZ VZ35 it is also worth collecting as a symbol of resistance to evil? Unfortunately a futile one.