My Dad, a WWII Army veteran, passed away last week. As we were going through my Dad's things this week, we found a few guns. We all knew about 2 - an old shotgun that belonged to my great-grandad, and a handgun that Dad took off a German colonel during WWII. I knew about a third - a newer .357 magnum. (Scared the garbonzos out of my Mom, because she didn't know about it, and it was loaded!)
But we found another handgun that none of us knew about. It looks like it might be another WW-II era weapon. It says "Browning" on the side, but the rest of the markings are in a foreign language.
Are any of you gun collectors who could help me ID this thing? If you PM me, I can e-mail pics to an e-mail address.
EDIT: The following appears on the left side of the gun:
"FABRIQUE NATIONALE D'ARMES DE GUERRE
HERSTAL BELGIQUE
BROWNING'S PATENT DEPOSE"
On the right side is the number 45094, in two
different places above the trigger.