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IN 98% ORIGINAL MINT SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EARLY PRODUCTION  1T SERIAL RANGE FIXED SIGHT VARIANT CANADIAN ARMY PROOFED, JOHN INGLIS MADE BROWNING HIGH POWER PISTOL.      THIS PISTOL IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BRITISH SOE (SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE) CONTRACT PISTOLS IN THE 0T & 1T SERIAL RANGE.  THESE PISTOLS WERE OBTAINED BY THE SOE FOR CLANDESTINE USE IN EUROPE.  THIS IS ONE OF THE PISTOLS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND CERTAINLY SAW COMBAT USE IN EUROPE.  THIS IS AN ALL MATCHING GUN WITH NO IMPORT MARKS AND NO PAINT JUST THE HEAVY GRAY BLACK PHOSPHATE FINISH THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED WITH.  THE BORE IS EXCELLENT.

THESE VERY DURABLE GUNS WERE MADE IN CANADA FROM PLANS SMUGGLED OUT BEFORE THE NAZIS TOOK OVER BELGIUM BY MR. DIEUDONNE SAIVE FROM THE FN FACTORY IN BELGIUM.  THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND THEY ARE ALSO NICE SHOOTERS.  THIS IS A MUST HAVE WW2 ERA COMMONWEALTH PISTOL.  THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INGLIS MADE HI POWER, ONE THAT BELONGS IN A SERIOUS COLLECTION.