SOLD GERMAN WW1 MAUSER M1896/16 “RED NINE” BROOMHANDLE PISTOL WITH MATCHING STOCK & 1916 HARNESS…….MINT!

IN 97%+  ORIGINAL VERY SHARP CONDITION, ALL MATCHING TO INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL MATCHING NUMBERED AND PROOFED STOCK, WE HAVE A MAUSER M1896/16 RED 9 BROOMHANDLE PISTOL IN 9MM LUGER.  THIS ALSO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL JOSEPH GOCH MADE 1916 DATED LEATHER HARNESS WITH STRAPS AND AN ORIGINAL CLEANING ROD.   THIS IS AN IMPERIAL ARMY PROOFED LATE 1916 MANUFACTURED PIECE.  THE BORE IS EXCELLENT AND THE GRIPS MATCH AS WELL.   THIS IS THE FAMOUS RED NINE BROOMHANDLE, USED BY MACHINE GUN CREWS TO PROTECT THE GUNS AT CLOSE QUARTERS AND BY THE LEGENDARY STORM TROOPS IN THEIR FAST BRUTAL ASSAULTS THROUGH THE TRENCHES.  IN THE DAYS BEFORE VIABLE SUBMACHINE GUNS THIS WAS THE CLOSE QUARTER WEAPON OF CHOICE.  THIS IS MUCH NICER THAN YOU USUALLY SEE THESE AND THE STOCK IS ONE OF THE BEST WE HAVE COME ACROSS.  TRULY AN ICONIC WEAPON OF THE GREAT WAR