The pistol's serial number is 150XXX and the XXX numbers are also on the slide. The slide reads Walther in a banner, then Carl Walther Waffenfabrik ulm/Do, P38, Cal 9MM. All seems OK until I read the date of manufacture 11/61 but what's weird is that there is a german eagle under the 11/61. Walther- 'Zero Series' - As stated earlier, the first production P38s were part of a Zero-series, which have the Walther banner, and serial numbers from 01-013000. Below is pictured an example of the Zero series P38 produced by Walther. When Is my Walther P38 Serial Number 197182 Made? Hi Hank, welcome from Sitka, Alaska. Your alloy framed P-38 was manufactured post-war, between 1957 and the early '60s, and in German military or police service would've been referred to as a Model P1. Walther: The AP-serie. The ArmeePistole (army pistol) was the very first prototype/predecessor of the P38 and was already produced in 1935 by Walther in small quantities (highest serial number known is 55).This pistol had a concealed hammer and extractor. Only a handfull of those pistols were produced because the German army decided to go for the more advanced P38.
SPREEWERK
CYQ very early gun serial number 21
CYQ 2nd variation with e/359 small parts serial number range 50-500 - 208
CYQ 3rd variation with rare e/18 accepted locking block- (Eight known examples 2514, 2596, 2630, 2678, 2852, 2853, 2894, 2933)
CYQ 3rd variation with matched numbered holster serial number range 500-1565d. 41,000 produced - 3842c
CYQ 3rd variaton with backward 'c' on slide and carry permit dated 1946, full rig - 7476c
CYQ 4th variation 'rig' serial number range 1584d-9804z. 120,000 produced with capture papers and holster - 6073f
Walther P38 Serial Numbers Ac45
CYQ Serial number 1 - 1h
CYQ Serial number 10000h - 10000h
CYQ 4th variation 'rig' - 3412i
Walther P38 Serial Numbers Post War
CYQ 'rig' - 9976l
CYQ 4th variation 'rig' with capure papers and info on the vet who brought it back - 3404m
CYQ 4th variation with asterisk - 4497r
CYQ 5th variation FN frame serial number range 334x-1567x. 1,200 produced - 1450x
CYQ 6th variation A prefix serial number range A1-B4835. 15,000 produced - a9829
Three CYQ b prefix 6th variation with consecutive serial numbers b10, b12, b13
CYQ b Prefix with three stamps - b127 (Consecutive numbered)
CYQ b Prefix with three stamps - b128 (Consecutive numbered)
CYQ b Prefix with two stamps - b568
Walther P38 Serial Numbers Date
CYQ b prefix with one e/88 stamp - b3624
CYQ 0 series 'Volkssturm' gun with capture papers, serial number range 01-07971. 8,000 produced with vet bring back items and a note from the vet - 01461
CYQ 0 series - 01504
Two 0 series with FN slides AC 43 and 44 stacked codes. 1,500 produced
8th variation double 00 series serial number range 001-00100 - 0047
Four CVQ 8th variation double 0 series most likely made during Russian occupation .. Very Rare!