!!!!!ON HOLD!!!!! Miniart 1/4 Scale Thompson Model 1921 Sub-Machine Gun With 100 Round Drum Magazine, Violin Case, & 25 Rounds Of Dummy Ammunition !!!!!ON HOPD!!!!!

!!!!!ON HOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/4 scale Model of 1921 Thompson sub-machine gun made by Miniart in Moscow, Russia.  This is one of the very first miniatures made by Miniart that were brought into the U.S. by a Mr. Wilcoxen & so marked on the bottom of the triggerguard “WILCOXEN, ARMS CO.”, in two lines.  This was just before Imperial Russian Armory, later Imperial Miniature Armory, got the hook-up with Miniart.  8 3/8″ long overall with a 3 5/16″ finned barrel of about .110 caliber.  Blue steel finish with varnish finished buttstock, pistol grip, and vertical pistol grip forearm.  Lyman windage & elevation adjustable rear sight.  Finned barrel with Cutts compensator .  Detachable buttstock.  100 round “C” drum magazine.  Sling swivels on the left side of the vertical pistol grip forearm & the rear bottom of the buttstock.  Fully functional, but non firing, and will feed, chamber, extract, and eject the included 25 rounds of solid brass 1/4 scale dummy .45 ACP ammunition.  The top of the receiver with the Thompson bullet logo.  The left side of the upper receiver marked “MODEL OF 1921, NO. 003”, then further back “THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN, CALIBER .45 AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE”.  The left side of the lower receiver with the proper control markings “AUTO & SINGLE” & FIRE & SAFE”.  The right side of the upper receiver marked near the rear “AUTO-ORDINANCE CORPORATION, NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.”.  Farther forward, the right side is marked with all the patent dates (see photo).  The front of the drum marked with the Thompson bullet logo just below the winder.   The violin case was re-fitted by Herschel Kopp who also engraved all the lettering using a pantograph.  Complete with a violin case, bow, a wood block holding the 25 dummy rounds, & a 1/2 scale miniature Thompson owners manual.  The black leatherette case has two flip latches & is lined in a burgundy felt.  Near mint condition with only the most minor signs of handling, I’d call it 98%.  There is a round white paper sticker on the left side of the buttstock marked “3, RK”.  (Serial # 3, & initials of Ralph Koebbeman).   From the Ralph Koebbeman Museum Collection.  Stock # CK-177.  !!!!!ON HOLD!!!!!  For GC.