In use with the Austrian Army concurrently with the 7.63mm Broomhandle, the Red Nine name comes from the field practice of deeply branding a "9" into the grips; even in low-visibility situations, a soldier could know what ammunition to load just by taking hold of the pistol. Blade front and tangent rear sights graduated to 500 meters, with the three-line Oberndorf address on top of the chamber, two-line address on the right side of the frame, a New Safety hammer, and niter blue small parts. The grips are in the 31-groove configuration with the branded and red-filled "9" on each side and matching numbers on the interior. Included with the pistol is a holster stock rig consisting of a brown leather carrier marked "L.ESTELMANN/STRASSBURG/1916" on the rear, a hardwood stock numbered "109" on the mounting iron, and a wood handled bright steel cleaning rod.

Very fine with 85% plus of the original blue finish, showing areas of brown and gray patina, bright edge wear and scattered spotting and handling marks. Strong niter blue color is present on the left side of the safety and in the protected areas of the trigger and rear sight. Grips are also very fine with some minor pressure dents. The lightly sanded, refinished stock shows a number of cracks, some glue repairs, along with scattered dings and scuffs, and the very fine leather carrier shows some scuffing and flex cracking. Mechanically excellent.