On Wednesday North Korea’s state-run news portal Uriminzokkiri posted a video of Kim Il Sung’s two pistols, believed to have been used by the Great Leader himself during his guerrilla campaign against Imperial Japan.

Now safely displayed inside the glass gallery of the Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang, these old guns bear more symbolic meaning for North Koreans than most realize.

“Kim Il Sung’s guns shown on the KCTV are FN M1900s, Belgian-made pistols designed around the 1900s. They were one of the most commonly produced and used guns, as they were famous for their supreme quality compared to their