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IN 99%+ ORIGINAL MINT STUNNING CONDITION, ALL MATCHING TO INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL MATCHING NUMBERED AND PROOFED STOCK, AND THE WELL MARKED LEATHER HARNESS AND CLEANING ROD, WE HAVE A TOP CONDITION GERMAN ARMY WW1 RED NINE C96 BROOMHANDLE MAUSER PISTOL RIG.  THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PISTOL OF THE WW1 ERA AND THIS IS A REAL MUSEUM GRADE EXAMPLE. THE STOCK IS A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT GRAIN WALNUT WITH TIGER STRIPES AND OF COURSE IS MATCHING TO THE PISTOL.   THE MINT CONDITION LEATHER HARNESS IS 1917 DATED AND IS EXTREMELY WELL MARKED.  THIS IS KNOWN TO COLLECTORS AS THE THIRD VARIATION WITHOUT THE MILITARY INSPECTION STAMP IN AN ERA BEFORE SUB MACHINE GUNS THIS WEAPON SERVED THAT ROLE AND WAS WIDELY USED TO GUARD MACHINE GUN NESTS AND BY STORM TROOPERS.  THIS IS ABSOLUTLEY THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF A GERMAN ARMY WW1 ISSUED RED NINE BROOMHANDLE RIG THAT WE HAVE SOLD OR SEEN IN NEARLY 30 YEARS, IF YOU WANT THE FINEST EXAMPLE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET, HERE YOU GO.  THIS IS JUST A STUNNING EXAMPLE.