Perhaps he took it off a dead Chinese officer. I can't find any indication that FN sold weapons to the Japanese, although they apparently did to the Chinese. I wonder what the markings mean, but what mystifies me most is how a Japanese Officer possessed a 1910 model in 1945. Dad was awarded a Navy Cross on Peleliu (and later a MOH at the Chosin Reservoir, among many others, (General Raymond G.ĭavis, you can look him up)). I know it has little intrinsic value, but it is a family heirloom. Nevertheless, the pistol fires and cycles nicely. The pistol is in very rough shape - pitted in spots, well worn, the 'D'Armes d' Guerre' barely legible, etc. On the side of the receiver and on the slide there looks to be a lion rampant followed by a line over the letters PV. The serial number, 450892, matches the barrel and magazine. I have a 1910/22 FN pistol my father took off a 'dead Jap officer,' as he described it, on Peleliu in early 1945. Fn 1910/22 Serial Numbers Average ratng: 9,7/10 5706votes
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