![]() JACKVONY" engraved on the left side of the frame, and a set of matching stacked "1" numbers on the right side of the slide and frame. The pistol is fitted with fixed blade front and tangent rear sights, with the three-line FN address and Browning patent markings on the left side of the slide, "VINCENT J. Jackvony, the individual whose name is inscribed on this pistol. ![]() capture paper (copy), this pistol was brought into the U.S. JACKVONY" on the item itself), for which they have no records or insight. The letter also discusses an inscription on the pistol (described as "VINCENT J. Taylor (then a permanent Lieutenant Colonel with a "theater rank" of Major General) with the 101st Airborne Division. "Colonel Taylor" is not explicitly identified, and there are a few candidates, such as future Four-Star General Maxwell D. This would be an extremely early date of manufacture for a liberated Belgian pistol the Allies had only entered the country in the beginning of September, and sections of the land would remain in German hands until February of 1945. military officers, this one delivered to a Colonel Taylor on October 2, 1944. In it, it is related that the serial number "1" marks it as part of a limited run of 500 pieces manufactured at FN in 1944 for sale to U.S. Included with the pistol is a letter from Fabrique Nationale, which discusses this item.
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