As the final point, if this were to have been put together by German occupation as some were early on, each were in the 10,000 serial number range, over stamped/rolled with the German legend for the P 35p together with German WaA. This was likely captured by the Germans after capitulation and put to use or used by Polish resistance for the remainder of the war.
That is a lot of cool information. I wish I knew how her grandfather obtained it. I honestly think he may have come home with it, but I would need to find out more about where he was at this point in time of the war.
Best chance is a records check, gonna need to hire a private investigator imo tho because from my understanding there are documents out there that the average Joe won't have access too unless your a P.I.
Unfortunately, I don’t have much of that information. She never met her grandfather, and all of her living relatives (other than my wife’s siblings) passed away before she turned 30. Not a lot of records, but I will PM you what I know so far.
Thank you. I will look at that!
That is really cool. That serial number on the frame is one 1 off from mine. Just out of curiosity, if you have had a chance to look at my photos and don’t mind sharing or sending a PM, were the slide and barrel similar numbers to mine as well?
That is super awesome. If you decide to sell, make sure to offer it to him since consecutive serials, despite mismatch, are very rare in any case.
I thought that was pretty crazy to see a consecutive number as well. Thank you for the comment. That is a cool perspective from other countries.
Thank you. That cool factor to the nerdy collector is value in itself. It is fun looking into everything and reading all the cool facts that have been shared.Getting back to this.. This would fall into the same acceptance to collectors as the late/post war assembled Walther pistols. Accepted as a true "variant" and fall into a specific range and lack certain things. A MM pistol typically cuts the value in half but, an accepted MM example would have its own specific value based off the collectors market. These are a niche variant. Not all will or would care and have to a specific collector who does.
It's quite a thing to find another one digit off but, as I have seen having consecutive examples doesn't really add the immense value we would think. Just cool factor for us nerdy collectors.
A 1937! That is pretty awesome. I have actually never seen a 1937. Only 1938s and 1939s.
