Hi folks,
I�´m back to share with you some pictures of one of my C-96 with a very interesting story.
It is a Commercial Wartime C-96, serial number 405026 (with matching stock), which was issued to the Austrian Army during the WWI (1917), bearing the inspector mark on the right side of the chamber (W-n Eagle/17).
The gun also has the unit�´s mark in its grip, LFA527, which mean Luftfahrt Abteilung (Air Corp Batalion or something like that) #527. After the war this gun was probably kept inan Arsenal until the Austrian ocupation by the Germans in 1938, when it was reworked to chamber the 9mm Luger (as happened with most of the Steyr Hahn 1912 pistols), and served again during the WWII, probably with a second line unit.
I can say that because this weapon was bought directly from the American GI who owned it as a bring brack.
I showed the gun in the Jan Still�´s forum, and it seems that he only has seven Austrian Brooms in his data base, and this is the first in 9mm Luger. Nice, isn�´t it?
Hope you enjoy it!
Douglas.
(PS - I used chalk to make the white lettering)
right side:
