Found a "Unique Court 7.65" pistol for cheap. It is the exposed hammer naval officer model.
Pretty rough cosmetic shape but seems to be mechanically sound.
This was a french pistol made in Vichy France during the German occupation. The Germans required their officers to be packing while in foreign ports and in the mid to later part of the war quality side arms were not readily available, so they had the same company (MADP) who made them for the French officers continue to produce them for the Germans.
The early models were concealed hammer "copies" of the 1903 Browning but the navy contract and later models were open hammer. They were also made post war for police and private sales/export.
This one is a navy contract open hammer type, no import marks with the original grips.
The slide marking says "9 coup" or "9 shots" in French. The right grip says "9 schuss" or "9 shots" in German. Court 7.65 is the same as .32 acp.
I plan on "before and after" pics to be posted.
Too bad a lot of history does not always equal value. Either way this is an empathy purchase because the poor thing deserves to be in better condition than it is now...
Pretty rough cosmetic shape but seems to be mechanically sound.
This was a french pistol made in Vichy France during the German occupation. The Germans required their officers to be packing while in foreign ports and in the mid to later part of the war quality side arms were not readily available, so they had the same company (MADP) who made them for the French officers continue to produce them for the Germans.
The early models were concealed hammer "copies" of the 1903 Browning but the navy contract and later models were open hammer. They were also made post war for police and private sales/export.
This one is a navy contract open hammer type, no import marks with the original grips.
The slide marking says "9 coup" or "9 shots" in French. The right grip says "9 schuss" or "9 shots" in German. Court 7.65 is the same as .32 acp.
I plan on "before and after" pics to be posted.
Too bad a lot of history does not always equal value. Either way this is an empathy purchase because the poor thing deserves to be in better condition than it is now...