A rare find and a very desirable and sought Nazi pistol. This PPK dates to 1941 as the year of production. Although numbered to another gun it to is SS issued. Another equally rare feature is the magazine. The hammer is a wide hammer (with no sighting slot), 90 degree safety, shrouded two piece firing pin, and a. For the discerning Walther collector, these very early production models are quite attractive and have a number of unique attributes. This PPK is serial number 314695 K and has both slide and from numbered and confirms that it was issued to the SS. EXTREMELY RARE Walther PPK, 7.65 m/m, very early production, late 1929/early 1930, serial number 762614. Prior to this point, serial numbers found on both slide and frame would identify a PPK as SS issue". Author Steven Stepan, who is a world expert on the SS PPK's states in his book that "at approximately serial number 355xxx K, Walther starting applying full serial numbers to both slide and frame on all guns produced. However, there is a sub-variant that occurs in the K suffix block referred to as type five. Often the only way of identifying an SS issued PPK is from the serial numbered magazine. During production small batches of PPK's were procured by the Waffen SS from Walther. This is a very rare WWII Nazi SS issued Walther PPK.
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