Fall 2024 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
October 31st, November 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2024
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
RARE, HIGH CONDITION, FABRIQUE NATIONALE AUSTRIAN POLICE CONTRACT HI-POWER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL WITH FACTORY BOX
24-4661
Cal. 9x19mm
S# 36028
bbl. 4 5/8″. Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol mfg. in Belgium by Fabrique Nationale under contract for the Austrian police. The left side of the slide is marked with FN’s mfg. information, with the S# marked on the right below the ejection port. Left side of frame and slide, as well as the right side of the bbl., exhibit Belgian proofs. Front grip strap is marked “LGKK/ 1092” at the toe, indicating issue to the Austrian Landesgendarmeriekommando (State Gendarmerie) of Karnten (Carinthia). Metal components exhibit a blue finish overall, save for on the bbl., which is polished in-the-white. Frame is mounted with 2-piece checkered wood grips, which are properly painted red on the interior of the panels. Grooved blade front sight, with fixed square notch rear sight. All serialized parts are matching and include the frame, slide, and bbl. MAGS: 2 13-rd. mags., both with floorplates stamped with a matching “LHKK/ 1092”.
UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: original black factory cardboard box, containing spare mag. Underside of box exhibits a faint handwritten “36015”, indicating that this box was just 13 S#s away from the pistol.
PROVENANCE: The Estate Collection of Charles Wagner
STATUS: CURIO
