Queen Juliana of the Netherlands Carbine

[Bill Grist]

After WW2 the Dutch adopted an FN Mauser Carbine in 8mm for the police.. The top of the recievers were first marked with a crown 'W' for Queen Wilhelmina (Reign 1890-1948), when Juliana became Queen (reign 1948-1980) the crest on new produced carbines changed to a Crown 'J'.. Enjoy this Queen Juliana (House of Orange) Dutch Mauser Police Carbine... BILL

[Pierre N]

Bill what is the name before BELGIQUE in 3e pic : FAB NAT D ARMES de GUERRE ........BELGIQUE ! its write in french !

[Bill Grist]

Bill what is the name before BELGIQUE in 3e pic : FAB NAT D ARMES de GUERRE ........BELGIQUE ! its write in french !

Pierre, It is the town that FN is located Herstal, Belgium

[Pierre N]

AH ! its a city name ! thank ! interesting short rifle !

[Jason L]

Bill what is the name before BELGIQUE in 3e pic : FAB NAT D ARMES de GUERRE ........BELGIQUE ! its write in french !

FN guns are Belgian.I am a little naive,but I believe they speak a French dialect

[Jason L]

Pierre, It is the town that FN is located Herstal, Belgium

Another FN gun.....a little more modern

[Pierre N]

FN guns are Belgian.I am a little naive,but I believe they speak a French dialect

Yes speak French for Belgian , but Netherland nothing!

now i unterstand the DUTCH riffle made in Belgium

[Adrian Stevenson]

Looks like a nice little carbine Bill.

The country speaks two languages. The Northerners speaks Flemish, which is very close to Dutch, while the southners speaks French.

Cheers, Ade.

[Dramatical]

Yes speak French for Belgian , but Netherland nothing!

now i unterstand the DUTCH riffle made in Belgium

The Belgians have their own war: The French speaking against the Dutch speaking

[Johnnie]

These are interesting and handy carbines. I have one in 7mm made for Venezuala. I can imagine the recoil on these in 8mm!
Thanks for sharing Bill.
Johnnie