SOLD VERY RARE & SELDOM SEEN DWM MODEL 1922 PISTOL, VERY SHARP EXAMPLE!

This is a very rare and scarce  DWM Model 1922 Pistol with British proof marks.    These pistols were made by DWM in 1922/23 and were a more ergonomic version of the FN Model 1910.  Few were ever made due to legal issues with FN as it was a nearly a copy and no licensing fee was paid by DWM to FN for production.  Most of these pistols ended up being sold on the Japanese Market to Army Officers where they were quite popular as they were an improvement on the FN 1910 which they were so fond of.  Today, they are rarely encountered and most often in a Japanese WW2 context so finding one with 1950’s era British export markings is quite unusual.  There was a 1922 version with wooden grips and a more common 1923 variation with plastic grips but very few were ever made and they are rarely encountered.  We have had less than 5 in nearly 30 years so this is a real find!