An, FN Model 1910, Fabrique Nationale D'Armes DeGuerre, .32 ACP, Semi Auto Pocket Pistol The Same Auto Pistol as Used to Assassinate Archduke Ferdinand That Caused WW1, & By Luftwaffe Officers in WW2. Famously Used By James Bond {Sean Connery} in Dr No

Here is a great FN rarity, in nice, war condition, we have a prime example of one of the 6,064 FN Model 1910 Pistols that was assembled under early Nazi Occupation, in 1940. It is in the known serial range, but not the replacement non flanged crude trigger, {as an FN employee dumped the trigger assemblies into the sewer shortly after the plant was occupied} and roughly made replacements were quickly manufactured under Nazi supervision. The early occupation assembled pistols were not Waffenamted because the Waffenamt inspector whose code was WaA613 had not yet arrived at the factory, but the later 1940 did have the waffenamt A stamps. Production was not continued beyond using up the supply of parts on hand. The primary reason would have been that the larger sized FN Model 1922 was a much more suitable pistol for military use. However, this, the 1940 M1910 was designated for the Polizei Division. Far more suitable for concealment.

A very good, original, Browning FN semi auto, pocket or concealed holster pistol, with monogrammed black grip plates, good and clear maker stamps Fabrique Nationale D'Armes De Guerre Herstal-Belgique, Waffen amt A and UK deact proofs and fully cocking, firing, sliding action
The FN Model 1910, also known as the Browning model 1910, was a departure for Browning. Before, his designs were produced by both FN in Europe and Colt Firearms in the United States. Since Colt did not want to produce it, Browning chose to patent and produce this design in Europe only. Introduced in 1910, this pistol used a novel operating spring location surrounding the barrel. This location became the standard and copied in such future weapons as the Walther PPK and Russian Makarov.

It incorporated the standard Browning striker-firing mechanism and a grip safety along with a magazine safety and an external safety lever (known as the "triple safety") in a compact package. Offered in both .380 ACP (6-round magazine) and .32 ACP (7-round magazine) calibres, it remained in production until 1983. It is possible to switch calibres by changing only the barrel. However, FN never offered packages containing a single pistol with both calibre barrels.

An FN M1910, serial number , was the handgun used by Gavrilo Princip aka 'the Black Hand' to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the act that precipitated the First World War.

Paul Doumer, President of France, was assassinated by Russian emigre Paul Gorguloff on 6 May 1932 with a Model 1910 in .32 ACP. The pistol is now in the Musée des Collections Historiques de la Préfecture de Police.

A Model 1910 was also allegedly used to assassinate Huey Long, governor of Louisiana, on 5 September 1935. Physician Carl Weiss, the alleged assassin, bought the FN M1910 now on display Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, in Europe for $25 in 1930.

Hannie Schaft ‘The Girl With The Red Hair” a famous Dutch heroine and assassin for the resistance, used a model M1910, with M1922 extended barrel, during her German and Dutch Nazi assassinations as part of the Dutch communist resistance against Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

This type of semi auto was as much favoured by Luftwaffe Officers in WW2 as the Walther PPK, and the Polizei for concealment. Made in the Browning, Frabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre factory in occupied Belgium, one of the great prize assets of the Third Reich, thanks to Hitler's invasion of Belgium at the beginning of WW2.
,Admiral, Lord Jellicoe, 1st Sea Lord of His Majesty's Royal Navy, carried such a pistol, which is now an exhibit in the National Maritime Museum. A barrel extended version of the 1910 model Browning

James Bond (Sean Connery) uses an FN Model 1910 in Dr No, with a suppressor added, to kill Professor Dent (Anthony Dawson).

Hannie Schaft wanted to work with weapons when she joined the Dutch Resistance in early WW2. She was responsible for sabotaging and assassinating various targets. She carried out attacks on Germans, Dutch Nazis, collaborators and traitors. She learned to speak German fluently and became involved with German soldiers. Before facing her targets, Schaft put on makeup — including lipstick and mascara — and styled her hair. In one of the few direct quotations that have been attributed to Schaft, she explained to Truus Oversteegen: “I’ll die clean and beautiful.”

Schaft did not, however, accept every assignment. When asked to kidnap the children of a Nazi official she refused. If the plan had failed, the children would have to be killed, and Schaft felt that was too similar to the Nazis' acts of terror. When seen at the location of a particular assassination, Schaft was identified as "the girl with the red hair". Her involvement led "the girl with the red hair" to be placed on the Nazis' most-wanted list. She was eventually betrayed by accident and was executed before the wars end.

Deactivated to UK old specification, stamped accordingly, cocking and firing actionable, fully operational, official UK deactivation. Thus, no licence required to own and collect, not suitable to export.

Code: 25724