P.M: unknown (possibly (1) 'Prefecture de Police Marseille' (2) “police des mines' or 'police militaire des mines' (police force responsible for a mining area) (3) 'police municipale') : Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (only on Unique pistols)ĪF: Allocations Familiales : an organization that pays family allowances SNF: Sûreté Nationale français now the French national police (police nationale)ī.N.C.I. MS: Gouvernement Militaire de la Sarre (GMSA), French occupation of the Saarland, 1945-1956 MAB sold Model Ds to various French agencies and they sported specific marks along with their own serial number range.ĬF: Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF), the French national railwayĭ: Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects (DGDDI), the French customs service, usually referred to as “la Douane” with custom officers being referred to as 'douaniers”į: Office National des Forêts (ONF), the French national forestry service What's interesting about this example, that got my attention in the first place, was the 'PM' marked frame. So I put in a weak bid figuring I'd get it cheap or not at all. This one I bookmarked and watched and was flummoxed at the lack of interest by other bidders. The other item I was sweating bullets over was an early post-war French MAB Model D that I purchased at auction in early December.
