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I have an older semi auto firearm that I am looking for some information on. It has 'FABRIQUE NATIONALE DARMES de GUERRE HERSTAL BELGIQUE' on the left side of the firearm. On the top it has a 'Queens Crown' on top of a 'W'. The left side also has what looks like a small 'lion' on top of a 'line'. Under the 'line' is the initials 'PV' which is on top of a 'star' which is on top of a 'N'. On the left side is also the words 'BROWNINGS PATENT DEPOSE'.

It has a 4 diget serial number starting with 5. On the left side trigger guard is the initials 'FN' which are inside a 'Oval'. The magazine has some markings with '9m/m' under them. The magazine has a 5 diget serial number on it that does not match the firearm.

It has some wear on the end of the barrel and all serial numbers match other then the magazine. I am interested in the year, condition, military/non military and overall approximate value of this firearm. You appear to have a Browning Model 1910. As you may or may not know, in Europe, Browning guns were made by the National Fabricators of Weapons of War (Fabrique National D'Armes de Guerre), in Belgium. Known throughout the world simply as FN.

The pistol came in both 7.62 Browning and 9mm Browning Short. Those are known, here in the States, as 32 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) and 380 ACP. Don't confuse it with what is normally called '9mm', because that refers to the 9mm Parabellum (or 9mm Luger - same round), and that one won't work. If anyone knows how to date FN guns, they are doing better than me.

As I understand it, if you wired FN and told them you wanted to buy 10,000 pistols for your army, they'd send them to you, Serial Numbered 1 though 10000. Then if some other country wanted 5000 guns for their army, FN would send them out, Serial Numbered 1 through 5000. After 1958 they seemed to get it in one sock, and their numbers kinda make sense, but before that - it's anybody's guess. Looking at your proof marks, the standing lion over PV means it was proofed for smokeless powder after 1903. That helps a lot, right?

The Star over the N is an inspector's mark. The N is the code for two different people.

But only one was prior to 1958, so I'm SWAGing that it was Couchant Louis, from 1923 to 1952. That narrows it down to a 30-year window. I'm also gonna SWAG that the crown-over-W is probably a mark of the end-user. Not a Browning mark, but a mark for whoever the gun was made for. Like 1895 Mauser rifles, made in Berlin, but with Chile markings stamped on them, since they were made for the Chilean Army.

You appear to have a Browning Model 1910. As you may or may not know, in Europe, Browning guns were made by the National Fabricators of Weapons of War (Fabrique National D'Armes de Guerre), in Belgium.

Known throughout the world simply as FN. The pistol came in both 7.62 Browning and 9mm Browning Short.

Those are known, here in the States, as 32 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) and 380 ACP. Don't confuse it with what is normally called '9mm', because that refers to the 9mm Parabellum (or 9mm Luger - same round), and that one won't work. If anyone knows how to date FN guns, they are doing better than me. As I understand it, if you wired FN and told them you wanted to buy 10,000 pistols for your army, they'd send them to you, Serial Numbered 1 though 10000. Then if some other country wanted 5000 guns for their army, FN would send them out, Serial Numbered 1 through 5000.

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After 1958 they seemed to get it in one sock, and their numbers kinda make sense, but before that - it's anybody's guess. Looking at your proof marks, the standing lion over PV means it was proofed for smokeless powder after 1903. That helps a lot, right? The Star over the N is an inspector's mark.