Wwii Ss Walther Serial Numbers

The ONLY PPKs with serial number factory applied to both frame AND slide prior to approx serial #335 xxx K were those produced under contract to the SS/RSHA. These occured in a serial number range from a low of 242 xxx K up to a high of 355 xxx K. They were also supplied with two factory serial numbered magazines with the serial numbers applied to the spine of the mag.

Prior to approx #335 xxx K a mag with the gun was not required to prove SS issue. After that point the factory finally figured out that scratching serial numbers inside the slide prior to the bluing tank would not be necessary for reassembly if the number was stamped on the exterior of the slide. Sims 3 World Adventures Cheats Ipod. From then on a matching mag was needed. Mario Party 8 Wii Pal Games.

Any way to trace the history of a WWII. My database now contains substantially more than 2,000 serial numbers of SS. How do i trace a serial number on a walther. Walther Production Info WWII Era. Auto Mag” regarding Walther RSHA SS PP. Was implemented within Walther. Based upon these serial numbers.

WWII Walther PPK - OK, I Give Up. Vghd Program there. Chapter of your 'SS Walther PP/PPK Identification. One piece chequered Bakelit with Walther-banner, black Serial number. Rare WWII SS Walther PP w/ 2 matching magazines & holster. Identify the serial numbers. After the manufacturer stamping, the serial numbers are stamped to the right of the pistol, above the.

This is known as a type 4 variation and the mag marking looked like this. Just a comment regarding variations of SS issued PPKs. There are five main variations that have been identified. In some early attempts to spell out details, several additional subvariations were referred to as separate variations. One of those is the few muzzle marked PPKs that exceeded the million mark and prior to changing over to the K suffix numbering system. In my opinion passing the million serial number did not qualify this to be a separate variation. The second ocurred in April of 1940 when the commercial test proof called Crown over N (nitro) was changed to the Nazi Eagle over N.

This change was universal and all guns coming from Walther and other manufacturers from that point on contained the E/N test proof marking. Again, in my opinion not reason to identify a totally separate variation. Both of these should be considered as a subvariation at best.

If a collector wishes to take these and other minor details to the limit in an effort to find and purchase them all, the list can become long and confusing. Therefore, in my book the variations have been kept to a minimum of five.

Those containing major and easily identifiable changes in markings and details. Long story but I will post some of it. In 1998 while searching SS documents held in Archives in Munich since WWII, Joachim Gortz and Dieter Marschall discovered hundreds of index cards documenting the issue of Walther PPs and PPKs to members of the SS/RSHA. After the war, the SS among other organizations was declared to be a criminal organization and its members declared to be criminals. The OSS eagerly tracked them down and these index cards, signed by recipients were kept as evidence of their membership.