C96 BROOMHANDLE.  EARLY CHINESE HANYANG ARSENAL.  PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION!!  EXTREMELY RARE!!!

7.63MM CALIBRE.  5.5" BARREL.

THIS PISTOL HAS THE SIX CHARACTER EARLY HANYANG ARSENAL MARKINGS ON THE RIGHT RECEIVER SIDE.  THESE SIX CHARACTERS TRANSLATE AS "HANYANG ARSENAL YEAR 16", WHICH IS THE WESTERN YEAR 1927.  HANYANG WAS A PREMIERE CHINESE ARSENAL.

THE PARADE PRESENTATION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RECEIVER IS VERY RARE!!!!  ONLY A FEW ARE KNOWN!!

THE PARADE AWARD INSCRIPTION PISTOLS WERE PRESENTED BY VARIOUS CHINESE WARLORDS DURING THE LATE 1920'S AND EARLY 1930'S TO OFFICER(S) AFTER FIERCE COMBAT...PRESENTED WHEN THE WARLORD HAD A PARADE TO CELEBRATE HIS VICTORY.

HAND-PICKED PISTOLS WERE CHOSEN, GENERALLY, C96 OR ASTRA, IN BOTH 7.63 AND 9MM, TO BE INSCRIBED FOR THE OFFICER(S).   THESE PISTOLS ARE EXTREMELY RARE!!!

THIS PISTOL FEATURES A LARGE, ROUND CIRCLE WITH FOUR CHINESE CHARACTERS IN ANCIENT SCRIPT, TRANSLATED ROUGHLY AS "PARADE AWARD".

THE SMALLER CHINESE CHARACTERS ON TOP OF THE LARGE CIRCLE TRANSLATE LITERALLY, AS "CHINESE NATIONALIST YEAR 19", WHICH IS THE WESTERN YEAR 1930.

THIS PISTOL WAS OBVIOUSLY AWARDED APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AFTER IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY HANYANG, ONE OF THE PREMIER CHINESE ARSENALS.

THE PISTOL HAS ALL EXTERNAL-MATCHING NUMBERS. 

RUST BLUING IS ABOUT 99.9%

ORIGINAL WALNUT GRIPS WITH MATCHING NUMBERS TO THE GUN.

THE SMALL PARTS ARE RICHLY FIRE-BLUED.  THE TRIGGER IS STRAWED.

THE REAR LEAF SIGHT HAS 50-1000 METER MARKINGS.

THERE ARE NO IMPORT MARKINGS.

THIS PISTOL HAS A BEAUTIFUL, DARK, CHINESE WALNUT HOLSTER STOCK.  THIS STOCK IS BEAUTIFULLY DRAGON-CARVED AND SCALED ON TWO SIDES.

THE GUN'S SERIAL NUMBER IS STAMPED INTO THE BLUED ATTACHING IRON.

THIS GUN IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE!!!  ONLY A FEW ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF CHINA!!!

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