Another mystery solved!

This video is a follow-up on a previous video about "a mystery solved"
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We were sent photos of another Walther PP, this one in Germany, that had the front strap
buffed down to remove a marking. Once again, with the help of our database, we were able to
determine the likely removed inscription. Thank you to Eric in Germany for sending us photos.
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[@eric9343]

Thanks for you’re help Tom 👍🏻

[@LS1007]

The Sherlock Holmes of Walthers solves another mystery. Well done! 🙏🏼

[@kriseckhardt5148]

You are the best! My dream is a Walther model 9! Keep them coming!

[@col.mustard1233]

Was there a video about PPKs with heel release magazine catches, if not could you do one?

[@AdamosDad]

Text, history and tradition. NY STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC., et al. v. BRUEN
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[@brittakriep2938]

Attention! The cartridge .22 lr was in german language into 1990s often called .22 lfb, sometimes also 5,6 (mm) lfb. Lfb- lang für Büchsen.

[@johncornell3665]

Thanks for another great video, thanks Tom!

[@paulbervid1610]

Great investigation as always.

[@simonjones6128]

Thanks Tom great job.

[@robviousobviously5757]

for reference... black pistol and black shirt don't work and play well together

[@enscroggs]

RE: The PP found by the guy living in the Channel Islands. These islands were occupied by the Germans in 1940 shortly after the BEF was evacuated from France in June 1940. They remained under German occupation until the final surrender in May 1945. The Channel Islands were the only British territory in Europe to be seized and occupied by the Axis Powers in WWII. No effort was made to recapture the islands because the Allied Joint Chiefs thought an invasion would harm the Islanders far more than the German war effort. If that Walther PP had been lost or abandoned by the German occupation force, it would not have been De-Nazified since it was not in Germany.
There is another explanation for the scrubbed-off SA markings, however. On 30 June 1934, the entire SA organization was purged by the SS under orders directly from Hitler. The cause of the purge, known to history as "The Night of the Long Knives", was two-fold: Firstly, the German armed forces, then known as the Reichswehr, refused to fully cooperate with Hitler because Ernst Röhm, the chief of the Sturmabteilung (SA) advocated replacing the traditional German army with the Brownshirts. Secondly, Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Schutzstaffel (SS) was jealous of Röhm's close relationship with Hitler. Together the Army and the SS convinced Hitler that Röhm and the SA were traitors. More than 85 SA leaders were killed, including Röhm, and over 1000 were arrested and sent to the Dachau concentration camp. All were disarmed, of course, and their confiscated weapons got re-issued to other Nazi organizations, most were probably taken over by the Army or the Luftwaffe. The SA itself was greatly reduced from its peak membership in 1934. Most low-ranking SA men were drafted into the Wehrmacht or the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Nazi labor corps). After the purge, the SA was primarily an honorary society for low-ranking Nazi officials like town mayors and registrars. These men were allowed to purchase PPKs and other small-calibre automatics to wear as badges of rank, these were the guns with Nazi eagles molded into the grips.

[@MikeRiddle-uk7jn]

I have a ithaca m1911 a1 with U S ARMY on slide but on porterty of us army on frame does have s# but no grind markings to show

[@Aron-79]

Respect ✊🏻