A LEGEND LIVES ON STAR BS PISTOL
THE BASIC STAR B pistol produced by Bonifacio Echeverria SA of Spain from 1928 to 1 was at one stage a household name South Africa. For more thantwo decades,itwastheofficial handgum of the then South African Defence Force, issued to officers and armoured vehicle crews. The web page http://www.army.mil.za shows, as infantry equipment, a well-worn 9mm Star Pistol with a lanyard ring at the bottom left of the grip.
Slightly enhanced models, such as the Star BS (the S indicating magazine safety) which was produced from 1957, were also issued to SA military personnel.
