Walther TP(?) Machine Stamps

[FJRacer]

I have a WWII Circa Walther TP chambered for 6.35mm with Stamps on the Receiver, Frame and Slide. The first(to the left) looks like an "Z" with a little line at both ends. The second looks somewhat like a flower petal with a "D" in the middle.
Can anyone identify or send me to a good reference book?

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[Johnny Peppers]

An picture would sure help.

[FJRacer]

Camera will not detail Proof Marks. But here's a link to the weapon. I got a list of Proof marks on another site. No Luck!

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_7847.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_7849.jpg

The closest thing on the proofs is that it's an "N" over whatever the other mark is.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Well don't take it too personally, but these "I've got a doodah, what is it?" questions are really hard if there are no photos.
However, being a sucker for a puzzle I switched my brain into overdrive, and am taking a guess that what you mean by "N over whatever" is the proofmark of Zella-Mehlis. As to the others... I pass!

*Up to the end of WWII Walther was based in Zella-Mehlis, which is practically a suburb of Suhl. The Zella-Mehlis proof house was closed in 1949, activites being taken over by Suhl, and I will probably be visiting the museum in the old proof-house in a week or so. If you can get hold of a camera that will produce usable pics of the proof marks on your Walther I will take them with me (I also have an idenfication problem to solve, which is the reason for my planned visit)

Patrick

[FJRacer]

According to the Walther Experts it is a Model 2 or Early Production 5. And the Proof Marks are a "typical Crown over N".

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_7848.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_7849.jpg

See if this gets you to my NEW Photo Bucket account^

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