This is an excellent example of an early pre-WWI Japanese Baby Nambu pistol. They were authorized for private purchase as a semi-official Japanese officer's pistol for both the Japanese Army and Naval forces. It has the intertwined cannon balls logo on top of the chamber area indicating manufacture at the Tokyo Arsenal with the right side of the upper slide area having 3 Japanese Kanji markings for the Nambu nomenclature under the Army contract. Below that is the serial number "845". It has the high polish blue metal finish with straw colored small parts. It has checkered mahogany grips and comes with one matching nickel plated magazine numbered "845." on the spine and one spare non-matching magazine numbered "1633" on the spine. Also included with this lot is 34 rounds of original Japanese Baby Nambu 7 mm ammunition.

Excellent with 98% plus of the original blue finish overall with only minor edge and high spot wear with a very, very minor corrosion spot on the very front edge of the recoil spring housing. The small parts retain 50% of their straw colors overall. With most of the finish loss on the face of the trigger. The grip panels are in excellent condition with nice distinct sharp checking overall. It has all matching numbers except the firing pin which is unnumbered but correct. The spare magazine is also in excellent condition and so is the scarce ammunition.