Thanks again, Mein Herr. It's nice to have some history on the pistol. As I mentioned, I could not find any of those particular markings in, "The Walther Story".
It sounds like mine belonged to your owners partner. It has only some slight holster wear on the right side. Three very small surface scratches on the underneath exposed side of the barrel. The bore is bright and shiney, insides a little dusty. The grips show virtually no wear and very slight surface scratches. The holster is in much better condition than I first thought. I would rate it very good ++. No cuts or cracks, only some rubbing marks. It came with two Walther marked mags. I think I got a, "beginner's luck" find.
The guy at the pawn shop was tickled to get rid of it. He's had it on the shelf for about 5 years. It came with the shop when he bought it. It walked out of the pawn shop for $275 tag, title and tax.
I also talked to Earl today too! He felt that a P99 in compact(rumor) would be 1 or 2 years away.
Oh well, that gives me time to fill in some gaps and save up for one.
Off to try and talk my daughter into selling one of the grandkids to help fund my new hobby. After all, she's young, she can have another....................some Walthers are getting hard to come by.