A friend at work recently aquired a Walther PP that has been in his family since WWII. The story goes that this pistol was captured during the Battle of the Bulge by his uncle who was a paratrooper. He asked me if I could find out any information on the pistol. I did a little looking around on the internet and couldn't find much. I am guess about the only thing I could find out is the date of manufacture. Of course he is interested in what this is all worth.
The gun is in excellent condition and he had the holster, magazine, and a cleaning kit (chain, brushes etc. contained in a metal case). The gun itself has almost no markings. The grips are black plastic and are marked Walther. The gun itself contains no markings such as found on my commercial PP. The metal on the gun is not marked Walther. It has stamps on the left of the frame just behind the trigger guard, the left side of the slide just above the mag release, the barrel, and the right side of the slide just below the ejection port which is also right below the stamp on the barrel. The stamp on the left side of the frame and slide appear to be the eagle with something under it that appears to my naked eye to be something like Wa_389 or 359. The stamps on the right side appear to be just the eagle. On the right side of the slide is the serial number: 3796**P and below that are the lowercase letters: ac. Another matching serial number appears on the right side of the frame behind the trigger guard. No other markings appear on the gun. It isn't even marked as to caliber. Of course there are no import marks. The metal doesn't appear to have been finished to the standard of a commercial gun, you can see light machine marks throughout. The finish is, I guess, matte.
The holster is a standard black flap holster with a place for a spare mag. Inside the flap the leather is printed with "Walther PP" in blue ink. Under the Leather fastener the leather is stamped with "DRGM" Under that a symbol which has been obscured by wear and then under that symbol is "Akah"
The cleaning kit has the eagle holding a swastika on one end and also the letters "cmr 41"
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
The gun is in excellent condition and he had the holster, magazine, and a cleaning kit (chain, brushes etc. contained in a metal case). The gun itself has almost no markings. The grips are black plastic and are marked Walther. The gun itself contains no markings such as found on my commercial PP. The metal on the gun is not marked Walther. It has stamps on the left of the frame just behind the trigger guard, the left side of the slide just above the mag release, the barrel, and the right side of the slide just below the ejection port which is also right below the stamp on the barrel. The stamp on the left side of the frame and slide appear to be the eagle with something under it that appears to my naked eye to be something like Wa_389 or 359. The stamps on the right side appear to be just the eagle. On the right side of the slide is the serial number: 3796**P and below that are the lowercase letters: ac. Another matching serial number appears on the right side of the frame behind the trigger guard. No other markings appear on the gun. It isn't even marked as to caliber. Of course there are no import marks. The metal doesn't appear to have been finished to the standard of a commercial gun, you can see light machine marks throughout. The finish is, I guess, matte.
The holster is a standard black flap holster with a place for a spare mag. Inside the flap the leather is printed with "Walther PP" in blue ink. Under the Leather fastener the leather is stamped with "DRGM" Under that a symbol which has been obscured by wear and then under that symbol is "Akah"
The cleaning kit has the eagle holding a swastika on one end and also the letters "cmr 41"
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.