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Inglis Bren Mk I
Pre-1968
Exc. V.G. Fair 45000 42500 40000Pre-1986 mfg with reweld receiver
Exc. V.G. Fair 25000 22500 20000Canadian Chinese Bren Mk II
Full production of Mk II Bren guns in 7.62x57mm began in January of 1944 and ended in 1945. These guns were produced under a Chinese contract. About 39,300 of these guns are marked with Chinese characters and Inglis with the date of manufacture. Some 3,700 guns were sent to resistance groups in Europe. These were not marked in Chinese, but marked with “ch” prefix serial numbers. A few of these guns were converted to .308 for Canadian use.
Pre-1968 (Very Rare)
Exc. V.G. Fair 45000 42500 40000CHINA/PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
Chinese Military Conflicts, 1870–2000
By 1870 China was affected by foreign influence from Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. The central government in China was further weakened by its defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The decade of the 1890s ended with China’s fierce attempt to overthrow foreign influence by means of the Boxer Rebellion, 1898 to 1900. The period of the early 20th century was marked by internal strife which eventually led to Chinese warlords gaining control of the government in 1916. These warlords were eventually ousted in 1927 by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek in alliance with the Communists. The year 1927 marked the beginning of a long Chinese civil war between the Nationalist and the Communists ending with the Communists’ Long March of 1934-35 and their exile. In 1931 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 the Japanese mounted a full-scale invasion of China. Both the Nationalists and the Communists fought in an uneasy alliance against the Japanese. By the end of World War II, the civil war again ignited and the Communists became victorious in 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed. China entered the Korean War on the side of the North Koreans in 1950.