Fn 1922 Pistol Serial Numbers A Prefix
Designed by Robert Browning and built in Belgium as Colt refused to produce it. Production ran from 1912 till 1983 and was originally designed for the German Luftwaffe (Airforce) issued to their pilots. It was then issued to the Military and Police and not available to private citizens The serial numbers are hard to run down, but this is a pre-war gun made sometime before 1941 and valuable in that respect. A FN1910/1922 like this one was used to assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in 1914 precipitating in World War I I paid $350 for it three years ago. 'He said true things, but called them by wrong names.' —Robert Browning Do some research of your own.
I have a very nice FN 1922 that I have identified as a Model 25 No 2 in the.380 caliber. I may be wrong but everything seems to fit (model). It has a serial number just under 39,000. I am confused concerning FN 1922 serial numbers. I understand that wartime serial numbers continued into aprox 155,000 under German occupation. I know that the Germans re-configured the serial numbers to run in blocks of 100,000 with a letter suffix in late 1943 until the end of production in 1944. The design changes to the FN M1910 were finalized in 1922 and the new pistol designation became known as the FN Model 1910/1922, also referred to as the FN M1922, FN 10/22, or FN1922. In early 1923, Yugoslavia initially contracted for 60,000 units, with the final orders being filled into the 1930's, and as many as 70,000-plus delivered.
Fn Herstal Serial Numbers
Your father was playing the right tune, but he got some of the words wrong. For instance, it would have been impossible to have produced a Model of 1922 pistol in 1914, in time to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Model of 1910 was somewhat similar, but it was not the same (and Princip's M.1910 was in.380 ACP). Since the German Luftwaffe dates from 1935, the Model 1922 could not have been 'originally designed for the German Luftwaffe (Airforce).'
Gun Serial Numbers
But, yes, some of the pilots were issued it after Belgium—and the FN factory—was taken over by the Nazis. Back in the 1920s and '30s, Belgian citizens could own pistols, including the Model of 1922. Although it was not limited to the police and military, a civilian would have had to special-order it from the factory. See: Also see: And: And.