Description

Mint, matching with Leather Clamshell holster & 2 x magazines (1 x matching numbers)!

This mint condition Type 14 Nambu was made in the Nambu Rifle Manufacturing Company/Chuo Kogyo Production at Kokubunji  under Nagoya Arsenal Supervision in 1941 & comes with the original clamshell leather holster which is in outstanding condition & retains both cleaning tools, almost always lost.

The company made two series of pistols. Their initial production was an “original series” without any series marker, just the Nagoya logo & the Nambu logo, as shown in the photos. When serial numbers reached 99999 they followed standard Japanese practice & added a series marker,

This gun has the correct markings in an “original series” pistol made by the Kokubunji factory of Nambu/Chuo Kogyo under the supervision of the Nagoya arsenal. As noted above, the first row has the Nagoya Arsenal & Nambu logos followed by the serial number of 95152. Serial numbers on this run of guns go from around 7800 to 99999. The lower row has the character Sho to designate the reign of the Showa Emperor (Hirohito) & the date 16.7, indicating the sixteenth year, seventh month of Hirohito’s reign (July, 1941). The dates on this type of gun run from Showa 8.12 (December, 1933) to Showa 16.10 (October, 1941) so this gun falls within that range. Below is a small kanji character which is the To in Tokyo, used as a final inspection mark.

As you can see from the photos the finish on this is excellent & the post 1939, 24 notch mahogany grips are original, mostly unmarked & not numbered.

Usually the left grip is gouged & the left side of the slide is marked due to the movement of the safety but check the pictures, this does not have this mark, indicating it was likely to have been captured quite early in the fighting.

As can be seen in the photos, the clamshell holster is a pre-war era & is all leather & not one of the late war canvas/rubber versions & it absolutely mint condition!

This has been in a private collection since being brought back from the war & is now available to buy for the serious collector of WW2 pistols.

It’s known that the guns from losing side of any war are often destroyed, damaged or left to rot so to have an Imperial Japanese, most likely an Officer or perhaps a senior NCO pistol in this mint condition be available here in Australia to buy doesn’t happen very often.

Be the one who adds this great example of a Type 14 Nambu which is a must have for any serious WW2 collector to your collection.

Whoever buys this, with all matching including numbered magazine will not be disappointed.

Please view all of the photos carefully as they form the main description & override all others so feel free to ask for more as we have taken plenty.

Sold on consignment on behalf of a collector.