Since Hitler always considered himself to be a soldier, he too thought carrying a fancy gun to be unprofessional. Original Hungarian models were chambered in 9mm Short (.380 ACP) and used a simple blowback action. It entered service with the Hungarian Army in 1937, a year after Frommer’s death. While Hitler owned a number of fancy presentation guns, the Walther PPK he was known to carry and which he shot himself with was said to be an unadorned Walther. Femaru 37M The Femaru 37M is a development of Rudolf Frommer’s earlier pistol designs made by Fémáru, Fegyver és Gépgyár (FEG). This was so widely held and such a standard, I've never heard of a case of an ordinary German officer actually carrying a plated or engraved gun during the war. The spare magazine has a different serial number. This pistol is all matched serial number including the magazine.
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#FEMARU M 37 SERIAL NUMBER DATING PROFESSIONAL#
Party leaders and other officials did own and carry various levels of embellished guns, but they were generally held in contempt by professional soldiers. The latter, in German service during World War II, was known as Pistole 37(u), pistole M 37 Kal. While it's very probable many senior German officers bought fancy guns for private use, almost none were known to carry them on duty. These are often said to have been taken from a German officer. The usual dispute comes from standard war-time production guns that are plated, usually with poorly done chrome. These are invariably of the finest quality and workmanship. The inside of of the holster flap is rubber-stamped in ink: 'pelt Pistole 37M / (Ung.) Kal.7.65 mm.' The holster consists of a hold extension magazine marked with complementing serial number.Most gun companies offered embellishment of guns, including Walther who was well known for profusely engraved, inlaid, and plated pistols made for Nazi officials.įancy Walther's presented to Hitler, Himmler, Goering and others are in collections.
#FEMARU M 37 SERIAL NUMBER DATING FULL#
Full with green canvas holster with brownish buckskin flap and belt loop runs with an illegible producer's tag over '1941 / eagle / swastika'. Outfitted with a thumb safety, clean trigger, vertically serrated holds, lanyard band, and grasp extension newspaper runs with complementing serial number. The eagle / swastika / WaA65 approval stamp is certainly rubber-stamped on the left part of the trigger guard bend. Set places on the glide proclaimed with a eagle / swastika between 'P. Nazi Marked Hungarian Femaru Design 37 Semi-Automatic Pistol with Holster and Extra Newspaper lt brgt Ordered by the Nazis in 1941, with the mass being issued to the Luftwaffe. C-10,000 series) probably date from somewhere between 19. When this model was replaced by the 37M, the serial numbering continued from 50,000. The pistol was manufactured by the Femaru Fegyver es Gepgyar. Both of which, in a number of variant forms, were made by Fegyver. Usual markings found on the.380 caliber version - Femaru Model 37 pistol in.32 ACP. Femaru Model 37 pistol in.380 ACP - Serial number ranges - The C-prefix variation of the model 37M.
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