I am trying to help a friend identify what type of pistol his grandfather brought home from WW2 in August of 1945. The problem is, he does NOT have the pistol, only the certificate from Army command authorizing him to bring it back to the U.S.
The only information on the certificate is as follows;
"Waffenfabrik Walther Zella-Mehlis, 510044," with his Grandfathers signature
It does not state P-38, PPK, PP, etc anywhere on the certificate. Also, it is handwritten, and I know many of those certs were typed when filled out. The handwriting is very legible though.
Though I am not well versed in Walthers, I do know that many Walthers were produced in 10,000 serial blocks with a suffix added to the end. The highest serial number that I was able to obtain from production is 502,000 for the P38K.
As stated earlier, he does not have the pistol, he is just trying to use this (unfortunately limited) information to identify what model of firearm it was that his Grandfather brought back. Thank you in advance!
The only information on the certificate is as follows;
"Waffenfabrik Walther Zella-Mehlis, 510044," with his Grandfathers signature
It does not state P-38, PPK, PP, etc anywhere on the certificate. Also, it is handwritten, and I know many of those certs were typed when filled out. The handwriting is very legible though.
Though I am not well versed in Walthers, I do know that many Walthers were produced in 10,000 serial blocks with a suffix added to the end. The highest serial number that I was able to obtain from production is 502,000 for the P38K.
As stated earlier, he does not have the pistol, he is just trying to use this (unfortunately limited) information to identify what model of firearm it was that his Grandfather brought back. Thank you in advance!