This Liberator FP-45 pistol original found in France and had a French deactivation cert dating to 1986,  it was re-proofed by the London Proof house to UK Spec deactivation in 2015 and is fully dry firing and strippable.

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Marks and Stamps

FWW  on barrel

45 ACP on barrel

127 on barrel serial number

Flaming bomb stamp on receiver (US Military acceptance stamp)

AN with crown stamp on barrel ( French deactivation stamp)

AN with crown stamped on top cover ( French deactivation stamp)

DA Stamp 15 (uk deactivation stamp on barrel)

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     We understand this was found in a French barn after WW2 had just ended then in 1986 it was sent for deactivation at St Etienne Government Proof house. 

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    We have the original St Etienne Government Proof house deactivation certificate  with the UK spec deactivation certificate and both will be sold with the pistol. 

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     Very few were ever sent to France as the OSS never saw the practicality in mass dropping the Liberator over occupied Europe and only a handful were ever distributed.

         It was originally intended as an insurgency weapon to be mass dropped behind enemy lines to resistance fighters in occupied territory.

       

        The FP-45 Liberator was designed by US Army weapons designer John Hinds and the pistol was manufactured by Guide Lamp Company ( a Division of General Motors)  in Anderson, Indiana . 

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         It was deigned for use by resistance forces in occupied territories by the US Government.

         The Liberator project took about 6 months in 1942 from conception to end of production with about 11 weeks of actual manufacturing time completed by just 300 Guide Lamp Company workers.

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        The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol designed to be cheaply and quickly mass produced. The Liberator had just 23 largely stamped and turned steel parts that were cheap and easy to manufacture. It fired a .45 calibre pistol cartridge from an unrifled barrel.

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The 127 serial number on this pistol is a very low and was manufactured on the first day at the Guide Lamp Company of the 11 week production run.

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