1935 RMZ PPK
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:11 pm
Hi all,
Thought I would share this with everyone,
I came across a very, very, nice and rare find last November, a de-activated PPK "RZM" in immaculate condition with it's equally rare and valuable 1938 Nazi Party issue holster.
PPK's that were marked RZM are very rare and were for the National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, better known as the NSDAP, or Nazi Party. They were marked for the purchasing branch who procured equipment and materials for the Third Reich. In German this was the Reichzeugmeisterei. These RZM marked examples were only issued to high ranking Nazi party officials.
The Serial number on this example dates it from 1935, it has a spare magazine "Mauser Bannered" and a 1938 dated holster.
It's in stunning condition, with it's original correct mag complete with Bakelite floor plate extension, the only damage being a slight chip on the right hand grip, no rust, no pits and 99.5% deep blued finish!
It comes with some very interesting provenance, The chap I bought it form's father was an officer in the Durham Light Infantry during WW2, he was presented with this pistol and holster by the Dutch resistance when they liberated a town somewhere in Holland apparently, family folk law...perhaps, but an interesting and plausible story.
His father died last year and he "inherited" the pistol after finding it among his late fathers possessions, his wife went apoplectic when he brought it home and told him to get rid of it, thats where I come in!
Beauty isn't it, one for my personal collection!
Cheers, John.
Thought I would share this with everyone,
I came across a very, very, nice and rare find last November, a de-activated PPK "RZM" in immaculate condition with it's equally rare and valuable 1938 Nazi Party issue holster.
PPK's that were marked RZM are very rare and were for the National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, better known as the NSDAP, or Nazi Party. They were marked for the purchasing branch who procured equipment and materials for the Third Reich. In German this was the Reichzeugmeisterei. These RZM marked examples were only issued to high ranking Nazi party officials.
The Serial number on this example dates it from 1935, it has a spare magazine "Mauser Bannered" and a 1938 dated holster.
It's in stunning condition, with it's original correct mag complete with Bakelite floor plate extension, the only damage being a slight chip on the right hand grip, no rust, no pits and 99.5% deep blued finish!
It comes with some very interesting provenance, The chap I bought it form's father was an officer in the Durham Light Infantry during WW2, he was presented with this pistol and holster by the Dutch resistance when they liberated a town somewhere in Holland apparently, family folk law...perhaps, but an interesting and plausible story.
His father died last year and he "inherited" the pistol after finding it among his late fathers possessions, his wife went apoplectic when he brought it home and told him to get rid of it, thats where I come in!
Beauty isn't it, one for my personal collection!
Cheers, John.
