Spanish Ruby Pistol W/ Capture Papers

[Patronen]

The Ruby pistol is the Rodney Dangerfield of military pistols. In my opinion they can be just as interesting as anything else. Some serving in multiple wars. My understanding is not all of them received the 2 stars acceptance on the bottom of the frame by the grips along with some to have had what is known as the French rivet added to the slide to prevent taking the safety off when holstering. Yours appears to have neither of these, but I still suspect yours went into French service because of the faint BH in the oval on the left side of the pistol at that back of the frame. The magazines also had that on it so that the mags could be matched up to a particular maker of the Ruby do to the multiple makers making almost the same pistol but with differences enough to cause problems with interchanges. The holster I can't help you out with but it doesn't look French WW1. It could have been something paired up together to use in the time frame of WW2.