SOLD VERY RARE WWI GERMAN ARMY IMPERIAL PROOFED MAUSER PRE WAR/WARTIME COMMERICAL C96 “BROOMHANDLE” PISTOL….. 7.63 m/m….MINT SHARP!!!

IN 98% ORIGINAL VERY SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE IMPERIAL ARMY CROWN/LETTER PROOFED  MAUSER C96 PRE WAR COMMERCIAL  BROOMHANDLE  PISTOL IN 7.63 MAUSER.  THIS PISTOL WAS PROBABLY BUILT IN 1910-12, BUT WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE GERMAN ARMY.  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE VARIANT WITH THE UPGRADED NEW SAFETY HAMMER INSTALLED AS WELL.  THE PISTOL IS MATCHING DOWN TO THE GRIPS AND THE BORE IS MINT AS WELL.  VERY LIKELY THIS WAS IN THE MAUSER FACTORY AND WAS ACCEPTED IN THE ARMY SOMETIME 1914-1916.  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY SIGNIFICANT C96 VARIANT FOR THE SERIOUS BROOMHANDLE COLLECTOR.