broomhandle mausers

[henryb]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/j...K0lbDkZ0zCkR927eFOXDc9VW40_s1Fw=w1723-h969-no here are some of my favorite pistols. one of them is listed in the broomhandle pistol 1896-1936 BOOK by Wayner Ericksonhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pilots_awarded_an_Aviator%27s_Certificate_by_the_Royal_Aero_Club_in_1913 i think he is listed as number 417 r m vaughan its the top mauser in pic with stock right above the schnellfeuer

 

[henryb]

i know you may be tired of this but one more article about the original owner of the broom
.his mates presented him with the broom for shooting down his first German airplane http://www.56sqnfirebirds.org.uk/COs/RM_Vaughan.html

 

[henryb]

C96

this is the pistol of R M Vaughan