1892 model Spanish revolver

Known in France as the 1892 Spanish revolver, this revolver, produced by Trocaola, Aranzabal and Company, was actually a copy of the Smith & Wesson Military and Police revolver that was created exclusively for the 8 mm French cartridge, for the standard 1892 revolver model used by the French army. To make up for the lack of handguns at the beginning of World War One, France purchased this type of revolver, manufactured in Spain, which continued to be used during World War Two.
Henri Marty used this gun during the Battle of Bir Hakeim. Born in Constantine on October 12, 1922, he pledged his service to a free France in Beirut on August 7, 1941. Assigned to the 22nd North-African company, composed of North-African shooters rallied to aid free France after the Syrian campaign against the Vichy troops, Henri Marty was among the 3703 men of the 1st Brigade of free France under the command of General Koenig, who held off repeated attacks from Rommel's troops (15th and 21st Panzer-Divisions, 90. light Africa Division, 132nd armored division Ariete and 101st Trieste vehicle division) for 15 days (May 26–June 11, 1942) He testified to the intensity of the battles: "In my individual hole, with a Hotchkiss machine gun, waiting for my turn to spring into action, I watched (as usual) the gunners of a Bofors implanted just 165 feet (50 m) away." Suddenly, a Stuka bomb destroyed the 40 mm Bofors cannon and killed the navy riflemen who were operating it. "I witnessed this drama with infinite pain and rage in my heart. It is useless to say that after these aerial bombardments and the Italian-German foot soldiers' traditional attack and the tanks that followed them, I fired my weapon like a mad man, and only came back to sound mind once the enemy had been driven back! "