Ok Guy's thanks for the info. The gun has gone to my brother and will stay in the family. The real value is in the fact that it was my Dad's and the story that went with it from WW2. He was not a smoker but still got his alotment of cigarettes every week. He got the pistol in France for 16 cartons. My earliest memories of this gun was in him taking it out occasionally to show us how beautifuly it was machined and how well balanced. Although I own an assortment of rifles shotguns black powder guns etc. none are put together like this finely tuned machine that happens to shoot bullets. I am a collector of antique radios, hence the handle zenithman but I can certainly appreciate these beautiful pieces of history. Thanks again for the info and feel free to visit me on the antique radio forum. Regards, Art.
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