Sold ITALIAN 1935 BERETTA RARE ITALIAN NAVY MARKED

IN ORIGNAL 97% EXCELLENT CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY HARD TO FIND 1942 DATED M1935 BERETTA THAT WAS ISSUE TO THE ROYAL ITALIAN NAVY. THIS PISTOL HAS THE CM MILITARY INPECTION MARK AND HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY BERETTA TO BE PART OF A LOT MADE FOR THE NAVY. THIS IS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 347 OF THE MENCHINI/TAVIANI BOOK “PIETRO BERETTA AUTOMATIC PISTOLS. THIS PISTOL IS ALL MATCHING WITH A MINT BORE. WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS PISTOL IS THAT THE SLIDE IS BLUE AND THE FRAME IS PLUM; IT IS VERY COMMON TO SEE A BLUE FRAME AND A PLUM SLIDE SO THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL, ATTRACTIVE AND DIFFERENT. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS BERETTA OR ITALIAN NAVY COLLECTOR THEN THIS PISTOL IS AN IMPORTANT FIND. THIS IS AN EXTREMLY RARE BERETTA VARIANT AND ONE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE.