I would greatly appreciate it if you would provide me via PM the entire serial number for our data base. I think the value Ramon provided for you is generally accurate. I would estimate the pistol returned by your relatives was made in 1935. These were most likely issued to the German Bankers of the 1930s and are. It has a stainless steel slide and frame with black. It is very difficult to determine the history of the non-SS RZM marked pistols other than to give an approximate date of production. 32acp pistol with the rare Panagraphed slide. This is one of the older PPK/S models made by Interarms in 1997. These weapons apparently were serially numbered after market on the slide underneath the muzzle. There is evidence that some of the RZM marked PPKs were also purchased by the Sicherheits Hauptamt of the SS for issue to members of the Sicherheitspolizei units and the SD. There were strict regulations as to which rank Political Leaders could carry their pistols with certain uniforms. The pistols were available to all Politischen Leiters at a group discount price, not just senior officials. With an arm slipped around her shoulders I noted Bond's Walther PPK. The contract with RZM markings began in mid 1934 but the marking was removed in 1936. communists he had hung on all the way through WW2 to their eventual take over. The initial large portion of this contract bore the acceptance mark of the Reichszeugmeisterei-RZM. These were the Japanese Nambu M14, the Russian Tokarev TT-33 and German made Sauer M38. According to the Dr No novel, three other guns which were considered for Bond, as well as the Walther PPK. The NSDAP contracted with Waffenfabrik Walther to produce PPKs for the party organizations. The Walther PPK became Bonds signature weapon and has remained so, even with the advent of a new Bond played by Daniel Craig.

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