A 1935 PPK 7.65mm and a Post War RP Police PP 7.65mm

[Donp236]

Here are two of my latest purchases.

The Walther PPK came in a 1933 holster with the extra flat bottom magazine.




The Walther 1974 PP, the RP stamp is for the Rhineland Palatinate State Police or Landespoletzi.

[Phosphorus32]

Very nice Walthers!     I really like the brown swirl grips on the PP 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Oooooo....   Cannon like Walthers!     

[Dannyboy53]

These are top shelf stuff, Walthers are James Bond pistols!

[carls sks]

nice, thanks for sharing. 

[Donp236]

Your all very welcome.  The PPK is 81 years old.  I purchased it from the son of a the vet who brought it back from WII.  I just hope I hold up as well when I am 80.  The grips on the PPK were pretty standard for that time.  Walther did did make a gray brown grip oftern referred to a grey grips which are much rarer than the light brown grips and towards the end of the war black grips.

The Police PP  has been added to my EDC line up.

[running-man]

Very nice indeed!  Awesome addition, esp with the story on the PPK

[Donp236]

A couple of more pictures. The holster is kind of different than the normal ones you see.  It is a 1933 Prussian Police holster.  In the second picture you can see the Prussian Police acceptance Starburst better although it is visable in the top holster picture too.  The Holster was originally made for a Sauer Behorden model of 1930.  Why would a PPK be in a holster for a Sauer Behorden?  Well when Walther broke the back of the Sauer monopoly on issuing police hand guns it no wonder why a polce man at the time would want the most avanced firearm available, the PPK.  The police at that time also had to purchase their sidearms.  It is quite evident that whether this PPK or another has been in holster for many years is born out by the bulges and metal marks of the PPK in this holster.

[Phosphorus32]

Really nice addition to have that dated holster with the worn in history of it's mated pistol.  I didn't know the police had to buy their own sidearm    So by Prussian, do you mean these are marks specific to the interwar East Prussia region?

[Loose}{Cannon]

I dunno what Phos just said...  But I'm jelly as all get-out!

[Donp236]

Really nice addition to have that dated holster with the worn in history of it's mated pistol.  I didn't know the police had to buy their own sidearm    So by Prussian, do you mean these are marks specific to the interwar East Prussia region?

Most likely East Prussia this was also during the Weimar Republic time before the NASDP came to power.