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pistol, self-loading, FN Browning, .32 in, pistol, self-loading

Accession Number

NAM.2001-07-185-1

Description

FN Browning .32 in self-loading pistol. With holster. Used by Maj Christian George Maude, later Brig, DSO, OBE, MC, during World War One. Liege proof marks. Maude served as Adjutant, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1915 and as Staff Captain, 13th Infantry Brigade, 1915. Also associated with World War Two.

Campaigns

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Units

13th Infantry Brigade

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), (1881-1967)

People

Maude, Christian George

Dimensions

Length: 16.5 cm Text: 115 mm Text: .32 in

Inscriptions

Serial number inscribed on frame: ‘9174’ Frame: ‘FN [pistol within an oval]/ BREVETE-S.G.D.G.’ ‘[star]/ C’ ‘[star]/ RV’ ‘[unidentifiable column-like mark]’ ‘[crown]/ [?]L’ ‘FEU’ Slide: ‘9174’ ‘GB [within an oval]’ ‘FABRIQUE-NATIONALE-HERSTAL-LIEGE (BROWNING’S-PATENT)’ ‘[star]/ C’ ‘[star]/ RV’ ‘[unidentifiable column-like mark]’ ‘L [within a square]’ Back sight: ‘9174’ ‘BG [within an oval]’ ‘[star]/ C’ ‘[star]/ RV’ ‘[unidentifiable column-like mark]’ Trigger guard: ‘X [within a circle]’ ‘M’ Grips: ‘FN [pistol within an oval]’