![]() ![]() It has full Belgian proofs (no Germans ones) and no "triangle" stamp on the back of the frame or slide. Here is an example of a pistol issued to the postwar Berlin Polizei in the American Zone of Occupation with such a serial number. This is another sneak peek at a future article. Guns with serial numbers that have letter suffixes are found in. Its also rare to find one with all-matching serial numbers like this. Is this perhaps a special postwar contract serial number run without the prefix letter? This is an FN manufacture of the Browning 1922 in. So, my question is were the FN 1922 pistols utilized by various postwar German Police agencies made during the war of after? They seem to fall into the 1943 serial number range since they do not have an "A" prefix. My understanding is that when the Belgians continued producing this pistol in late 1944 they used an "A" prefix to distinguish the pistols made after liberation. The weapon was designed as the Browning Model 1922 but would also. (Note: All prewar Model 1922s with serial numbers below 200,000 show contract serial number. I know that the Germans re-configured the serial numbers to run in blocks of 100,000 with a letter suffix in late 1943 until the end of production in 1944. Production serial numbers started at approximately 200,000. I understand that wartime serial numbers continued into aprox 155,000 under German occupation. ![]() I am confused concerning FN 1922 serial numbers. ![]()
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