Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star - The Firearms Forum

don bizarro · 06-14-2010, 03:49 PM

My Brother came into a Walther PPK Pre K serial number gun with a 6 point star after the serial number and I am wondering has any one else seen this configuration before? I have seen many but have not come accross this before?

RJay · 06-14-2010, 03:55 PM

If possible a picture is needed of the markings

don bizarro · 06-14-2010, 04:09 PM

I am at work till 9 eastern and when I get home I will try to put them up.

Thanks, Don

don bizarro · 06-15-2010, 05:02 AM

here is a picture of the PPK and serial number

RJay · 06-15-2010, 12:39 PM

We need someone who is better versed in PPs and PPKs. If that is a 6 didgit serial number it should have a Crown over and N proof mark, 1938/40. The closest mark to yours I could find is the the 6 pointed star that the Israeli Police used on their P-38s , a 6 pointed star with a stylized D in the middle. Your pictures are a little fuzzy but it appears that there is a mark in the middle os the star. Is there.?

don bizarro · 06-16-2010, 06:18 AM

Looks like a circle in the middle of the star to me but will try to get better pics.

RJay · 06-16-2010, 09:01 AM

A stylized Hebrew letter that resembles the letter D would appear as a circle. I think you have an ex Israeli police weapon. If they used P-38s in their early years there's no reason they also didn't use PPKs.

Jim K · 06-16-2010, 02:55 PM

I can't help with the "star" (which looks more like a flower), but the gun dates to 1935 and the crown/N nitro proof marks appear to be present.

Jim

RJay · 06-16-2010, 03:23 PM

Jim, Zoom it up to 400 and it definatly looks like 6 pointed star. Identical to one shown in the Walther book.

don bizarro · 06-16-2010, 08:04 PM

Which Walther book, I have 2 books on the way!

don bizarro · 06-22-2010, 05:25 AM

new close up of PPK with star after serial number

RJay · 06-22-2010, 07:26 PM

The quick reference I use is Dieter H. Marschall's "WALTHER POSTOLS, MODELS 1 THROUGH P99" The illustration I was referring to is on page 84. It still looks like a 6 pointed star to me

don bizarro · 06-22-2010, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJay

The quick reference I use is Dieter H. Marschall's "WALTHER POSTOLS, MODELS 1 THROUGH P99" The illustration I was referring to is on page 84. It still looks like a 6 pointed star to me

don bizarro · 06-22-2010, 10:06 PM

I have seen that book for sale and will now order it! Thanks for the help!

06-14-2010, 03:49 PM	#1
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star My Brother came into a Walther PPK Pre K serial number gun with a 6 point star after the serial number and I am wondering has any one else seen this configuration before? I have seen many but have not come accross this before? -->

06-14-2010, 03:55 PM	#2
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star If possible a picture is needed of the markings __________________ RonJames

06-14-2010, 04:09 PM	#3
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star I am at work till 9 eastern and when I get home I will try to put them up. Thanks, Don

06-15-2010, 05:02 AM	#4
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star here is a picture of the PPK and serial number Attached Images

06-15-2010, 12:39 PM	#5
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star We need someone who is better versed in PPs and PPKs. If that is a 6 didgit serial number it should have a Crown over and N proof mark, 1938/40. The closest mark to yours I could find is the the 6 pointed star that the Israeli Police used on their P-38s , a 6 pointed star with a stylized D in the middle. Your pictures are a little fuzzy but it appears that there is a mark in the middle os the star. Is there.? __________________ RonJames Last edited by RJay; 06-15-2010 at 12:43 PM..

06-16-2010, 06:18 AM	#6
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star Looks like a circle in the middle of the star to me but will try to get better pics.

06-16-2010, 09:01 AM	#7
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star A stylized Hebrew letter that resembles the letter D would appear as a circle. I think you have an ex Israeli police weapon. If they used P-38s in their early years there's no reason they also didn't use PPKs. __________________ RonJames

06-16-2010, 02:55 PM	#8
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star I can't help with the "star" (which looks more like a flower), but the gun dates to 1935 and the crown/N nitro proof marks appear to be present. Jim

06-16-2010, 03:23 PM	#9
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star Jim, Zoom it up to 400 and it definatly looks like 6 pointed star. Identical to one shown in the Walther book. __________________ RonJames

06-16-2010, 08:04 PM	#10
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star Which Walther book, I have 2 books on the way!

06-22-2010, 05:25 AM	#11
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star new close up of PPK with star after serial number Attached Images

06-22-2010, 07:26 PM	#12
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star The quick reference I use is Dieter H. Marschall's "WALTHER POSTOLS, MODELS 1 THROUGH P99" The illustration I was referring to is on page 84. It still looks like a 6 pointed star to me __________________ RonJames

06-22-2010, 10:06 PM	#14
don bizarro Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Re: Pre war PPK .23 with 6 point star I have seen that book for sale and will now order it! Thanks for the help!