Dear All,
Sorry to correct a previous post but I think it is important to provide the correct figure for the early Mauser C96 contracts.
The risk is that we continue propagating the errors.
As you know, the early contracts are available in the Paul Mauser Archive (
www.paul-mauser-archive.com) as well as the sale documents. This allows a clear and correct evaluation of the sale figures for the Turkish, Italian and Persian contracts.
Here the data as for the original Mauser Archive:
1) Turkish: 1000 pistols with stock acquired in December 1897. The sale book report 31st December 1897.
2) Italian: 5003 pistols with stock. The contract was finalized by Paul Mauser himself in Venice on the 17th of August 1898.
3) Persian: Initial contract for 1100 pistol without stock. All pistols were produced by Mauser but Persia paid and received only 600 pistols without stock on January 1914. The other 500 pistols were sold to the German forces, they received a numbered stock and some were re-chambered to the 9mm caliber.
Kind regards,
Mauro