Ser# 285,xxx on a Walther PPK (ZellaMellis) should have a 'K' suffix to the number on the frame. (Added 10/21/14) See pictures on post #4! I understand Hoffschmidt's Know your Walther PPK book has a serial number chart, but I don't happen to have one.Ĭan anyone help me help this member of the greatest generation? We've got a lot of knowledgeable folks on the board - can anyone tell me the year of manufacture? I'm estimating 1940, but I cannot glean much info of the internet. It has a small proof on the left side of the slide - not having a magnifying glass, I could not make it out clearly, but I recall no number under the eagle, so it's not a waffenamt. The slide reflects Zella Mehlis manufacture. The only magazine has a finger rest, also brown plastic. I don't have a photo, but it's in about 95% condition, high polish blue, with brown Walther banner plastic stocks. He brought back a number of war souvenirs, one of which was a Walther PPK. ![]() Just spent an interesting hour talking with a nice old WWII USAAF vet who flew P-47s in Italy and then France after D-day.
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