SOLD BALLESTER MOLINA RARE BRITSH WW2 ISSUE MINT WITH BRIT GOV

IN 99% ORIGINAL UNMESSED WITH CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BRITISH 1940 CLANDESTINE PURCHASE BALLESTER MOLINA PISTOL IN .45 AUTO. THESE PISTOLS WERE PURCHASED FROM THE ARGENTINE FIRM IN 1940. THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE 8TH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND WERE HEAVILY USED BY SOE AGENTS OPERATING IN OCCUPIED FRANCE AND ALSO BY THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WAS PROBABLY NEVER ISSUED DURING THE WAR AND IS IN NEW CONDTION. THEY WERE SOLD COMMERCIALLY OVER HERE IN THE 1960’S. THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE SPECIAL B PREFIX SERIAL NUMBER. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT IT HAS THE CORRECTLY MARKED MAG. THIS PISTOL ALSO COMES WITH A LETTER FROM THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. THERE IS A LEGEND THAT HAS SOME CREDENCE THAT THESE PISTOLS WERE MADE FROM THE STEEL OF THE SCUTTLED GERMAN BATTLESHIP GRAF SPEE.