THU DEC 19, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE NAZI RSHA/SS ISSUE WALTHER PPK, “K SUFFIX” VARIANT (TYPE 4) WITH BOTH MATCHING MAGS & SS TYPE LEADING EDGE HOLSTER, MINT CRISP!

This ultra rare RSHA/SS issued pistol just came in from an old collection.   In 97+% mint crisp condition, with both FACTORY ORIGINAL matching numbered magazineS, and a mint Akah Made Leading Edge Mag Pouch Holster,  we have a rare and highly sought after SS issue Walther PPK pistol.   This example is the very desirable “K suffix”,  type 4 variant which was produced in 1940.  According to our colleague Tom Whitman in his excellent book on these pistols, this was part of a 6th contract order in 1940, and it is likely that this group of pistols were sent into Russia in 1941 with the SS Special Action Squads (Einsatz Gruppen).  

These very specially marked pistols were procured to arm the RSHA/Gestapo and SS Police and Security units that streamed into Poland right after the invasion in 1939 to liquidate intellectuals and other perceived enemies of the Reich in order to pacify and terrorize the population.  In 1941 these units moved into Russia to continue the slaughter.  The nefarious past of these pistols have made them highly sought after by both collectors and students of history and they are among the most significant firearm/artifacts of the era.  These pistols with spine numbered mags and numbered slides were only identified as SS issue in the late 1990’s when archival records in Germany  were discovered that identified their issue to and use by the Reichs Security Apparatus.  Certainly the most sought after and fiendishly collected Walther Pistol there is.