German FN Browning High Power

[can14]

German FN Browning High Power
1818xx barrel
1818xx slide
1818xx frame
Eagle on barrel
WaA140 on front of slide
WaA140 plus eagle on frame
MR on trigger guard
WaA140 plus eagle on side of slide
Mint to new from factory
Bought in 1995 with a few other High Power's
all covered in grease
Very surprised at the time

 

[canuck]

b suffix I presume?

German FN Browning High Power
1818xx barrel
1818xx slide
1818xx frame
Eagle on barrel
WaA140 on front of slide
WaA140 plus eagle on frame
MR on trigger guard
WaA140 plus eagle on side of slide
Mint to new from factory
Bought in 1995 with a few other High Power's
all covered in grease
Very surprised at the time

I should say! Chances of a FN HP making it through the war unused are pretty slim I'd say.
Has it got the correct magazine too?

 

[can14]

Not a B suffix
That is the strange part

 

[canuck]

That is interesting
I'm sure no expert but I've always thought that the WaA 140 acceptance was a mid/late war thing - which would fall into the "b" suffix numbering (1944ish)
If you gun has no suffix, it should be an early war example
the Germans kept better records than the Belgians
Sounds like a prize in any event!
Love to see some pictures, heres my old beater

 

[JasonGTA]

That is interesting
I'm sure no expert but I've always thought that the WaA 140 acceptance was a mid/late war thing - which would fall into the "b" suffix numbering (1944ish)
If you gun has no suffix, it should be an early war example
the Germans kept better records than the Belgians
Sounds like a prize in any event!
Love to see some pictures, heres my old beater

Nice HP and mag! It seems the mags are harder to find than the pistols themselves lol

 

[CanadianAR]

German FN Browning High Power
1818xx barrel
1818xx slide
1818xx frame
Eagle on barrel
WaA140 on front of slide
WaA140 plus eagle on frame
MR on trigger guard
WaA140 plus eagle on side of slide
Mint to new from factory
Bought in 1995 with a few other High Power's
all covered in grease
Very surprised at the time

Gun sounds correct as described. No letter suffix went quite high. And 140 was their code pretty early. I believe it was at very first 613, then 103 and then 140 but this all happened in 1941.
I’ve never seen a 613 but haven owned e/103 marked mag and gun. Still had tangent sight.