* FN Browning Model 1922 – SERBIAN OFFICER (1st contract - 1923)
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SN : 5512
Dated circa 1923 – Very early production
First contract for Serbian Officers
Very seldom seen and considered rare for this reason
History
The FN Model 1922 concept originates from a request made by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) to equip their military after WW1. Serials officially started at 200,000.
Up to 70,000 were supplied to the Kingdom from 1923 to 1940. Among this number, it is estimated than no more than 1,000 were directed to Officers and marked accordingly on the right slide, in two serial ranges (i.e. two contracts : from 5,000 and in the 200,000s)
A. Vanderlinden (author of « FN Browning Pistols ») lists only 3 other Officer pistols bearing a four-digit serial number, that have been reported for the first contract. The 2nd contract occurred later among the 200,000 series, but no mention of contract number appears, simply the current serial numbers by FN. Vanderlinden lists a total of 7 (2nd contract) recorded Officer pistols in his book.
The designated Officer is rare as compared to the common Army marked pistols (check different markings in last picture below)
Here's an interesting fellow I'd like to introduce
SN : 5512
Dated circa 1923 – Very early production
First contract for Serbian Officers
Very seldom seen and considered rare for this reason
History
The FN Model 1922 concept originates from a request made by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) to equip their military after WW1. Serials officially started at 200,000.
Up to 70,000 were supplied to the Kingdom from 1923 to 1940. Among this number, it is estimated than no more than 1,000 were directed to Officers and marked accordingly on the right slide, in two serial ranges (i.e. two contracts : from 5,000 and in the 200,000s)
A. Vanderlinden (author of « FN Browning Pistols ») lists only 3 other Officer pistols bearing a four-digit serial number, that have been reported for the first contract. The 2nd contract occurred later among the 200,000 series, but no mention of contract number appears, simply the current serial numbers by FN. Vanderlinden lists a total of 7 (2nd contract) recorded Officer pistols in his book.
The designated Officer is rare as compared to the common Army marked pistols (check different markings in last picture below)
