Manufactured at the Tokyo Arsenal in Koishikawa, the "Baby Nambu" was designed to compete with American and German offerings in the pocket pistol field. Though not officially adopted by the Japanese military, it was a popular private purchase sidearm with high ranking officers, making it a de-facto "General Officers Pistol" of the Imperial Army and Navy. Fixed sights, with the 4-cannonball arsenal symbol on top of the extension, matching serial numbers on the right side of the extension and underside of the bolt. Fitted with straw color small parts, finely contoured checkered grips and a mismatched (to pistol) nickel finished magazine number 1217.

Very fine, with 80% of the original blue finish, showing a brown patina on the barrel, patches of gray on the extension, scattered spotting and light handling marks overall. Grips are excellent, with a few small dents on the crisp checkering. Mechanically good.