This is a very nice example of a late 1930s Broomhandle Mauser pistols. This version was the last of the 1896 Mauser pistols produced before production stopped. This version has the large reinforced barrel over the breech area with two milled panels on each side of the frame and it lacks the milling along the lower radiuses edge of the upper receiver. The top of the chamber area is marked "WAFFENFABRIK, MAUSER, OBERNDORF A/N" and the left side rear panel area has the "MAUSER" logo and the right side is marked "WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF A. NECKAR D.R.P.u.A.P. ". The tangent rear sight is graduated from 50-1000 meters and the walnut grips have twelve grooves.

Excellent overall with 95% of the original blue finish with several areas of minor blue loss on the upper receiver rails, the underside of the barrel, the rear grip strap, the front of the floorplate and general edges and high spots. The grips are also excellent showing nice grooves, with good color on both sides with just a couple of dents on the left grip. Mechanically excellent.