automatic pistol
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19950024-020
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer John Inglis Company Ltd.
- Date Made 1944 or later
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/01/01
- Latest 1995/12/31
- Brand Name / Model No. 1 Mark 1
- Inscription STAMPED ON FRAME: (CROWN) OVER (CROSSED FLAGS) OVER DCP;(C BROAD ARROW);CH49;ON SLIDE: BROWNING-F.N. 9MM H.P., INGLIS, CANADA;(CROWN) OVER (CROSSED FLAGS) OVER DCP;CH49;ON BARREL: (CROSSED FLAGS);CH49
- Pattern Name Browning
- Materials Steel, Plastic
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Measurements Height 13.3 cm, Length 19.7 cm, Width 3.5 cm
- Caption Undercover Communications
- Additional Information Roger Marc Caza moved ceaselessly to avoid detection by German secret police. While undercover in France, Caza used this briefcase radio to request supplies and report on his progress. He also used secret codes, concealed in a special compartment in the radio, when sending and receiving secret transmissions.