IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A HARD TO FIND SERBIAN ARMY FN MODEL 1922 PISTOL IN .380. THIS IS AN ALL MATCHING PISTOL THAT IS FULLY RIGGED OUT WITH A YUGOSLAVIAN ARMY HOLSTER AND A SPARE MAG. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS THE INITIAL CONTRACT ORDER OF THE PISTOL THAT BECAME THE MODEL 1922. THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT ASKED FN TO MODIFY THEIR MODEL 1910 PISTOL WITH A LONGER BARREL AND GRIP IN ORDER TO MAKE A MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICE PISTOL TO MEET THE SERBIAN REQUIREMENTS. THIS UPGRADED VERSION BECAME THE VERY FAMOUS AND UBIQUITOUS FN MODEL 1922. THIS ALL MATCHING EXAMPLE IS VERY EARLY IN THE CONTRACT RUN AND WAS BUILT IN 1923. A VERY DESIRABLE FEATURE ON THIS LONG SERVING PISTOL IS THAT IT CONTAINS A RARE YUGOSLAVIAN MADE REPLACEMENT BARREL WHICH IS MARKED “ARMY TECHNICAL WORKS”
ALMOST ALL OF THESE GUNS INCLUDING THIS EXAMPLE WERE CAPTURED AND REISSUED BY THE GERMANS (MANY TO THE ITALIANS AND BULGARIANS) OR ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF TITO’S PARTISANS. THIS ONE WAS VET BRING BACK WAR TROPHY THAT MADE IT TO THE STATES. . IF YOU COLLECT WW2 PISTOLS OR FN PISTOLS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO PUT IN YOUR COLLECTION.
