This is an excellent example of a mid-production "Baby Nambu" pistol manufactured by the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal in Koishikawa, Tokyo. These pistols were never officially adopted by the Japanese military but were intended as private purchase sidearms by high ranking officers both of the Army and Imperial Navy. This pistol has a high quality rust blue finish with a straw colored trigger, magazine release, sear pivot pin, and bolt lock with a bright finished bolt. The grips are finely checkered hardwood. The top of the chamber area bears the four intertwined cannon balls of the Tokyo Arsenal and the right side of the receiver has the Japanese Kanji markings over the serial number "3258". The matching serial number is also visible on the underside of the bolt. The inside of each grip panel numbered "3285", obviously a factory numbering error as both sides are stamped the same. Approximately 5,900 examples of the finely finished, compact, "Baby" Nambu pistol were manufactured before production ceased. The "Baby" Nambu is perhaps the most desirable Japanese semi-automatic pistol. It is accompanied with a high quality reproduction clam shell holster and shoulder strap. Magazine is absent.