Book: Mauser Pistolen- Development and Production, 1877-1946 U.S. Badges so the leather chinstraps were

so the leather chinstraps were phased out in favor of cloth models as well

All the steel mounts are a polished steel finish

In amongst the engravings is the following dedication:-

Left shoulder bears an original 1st Marine Division Guadalcanal shoulder patch

in whole or part

Book: Mauser Pistolen- Development and Production, 1877-1946 U.S. Badges so the leather chinstraps wereMauser manufactured a number of pistols of the firm's own design. These included roughly a million examples of the famous C96 (plus 100,000 selective fire versions and 1,200 hunting carbines); 500,000 blowback pocket pistols; 80,000 examples of two versions of the tiny 6. 35mm WTP "vest pocket" pistol; and 261,000 HSc pistols. Over the years Mauser also manufactured several handguns which had been designed elsewhere, including at least 7,800