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Historic Borchardt 9mm semi-auto pistol with matching shoulder stock, holster, two extra clips man

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:25,000.00 USD
Historic Borchardt 9mm semi-auto pistol with  matching shoulder stock, holster, two extra  clips man
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Historic Borchardt 9mm semi-auto pistol with matching shoulder stock, holster, two extra clips manufactured by Loewe of Berlin, #938 obtained by our consignor directly from the grandson of Mexican President Alvaro Obregonwith accompanying family archives and personal effects. General Obregon was one of the principal Generals of the Mexican Revolution; he and Pancho Villa along with Venustiano Carranza and Emiliano Zapatafought the principal battles that freed Mexico from the grip of longtime Dictator, Porfirio Diaz. In 1915, there was a division among the strongest Generals of Mexico and Villa allied himself with Zapata whileCarranza allied himself with Obregon; Carranza was elected President promising Obregon the succession; Carranza and Obregon fell out with each other and Carranza was assassinated. Obregon became the President of Mexico in 1920 and his old friend Pablo Gonzalez became an important General acting on Obregon’s bequest; Gonzalez was a personal favorite of Porfirio Diaz for many years before the Revolution and while Diaz was