Newbie needs advice

[Don M]

Jeff,

I don't think it has any bearing on what you decide to do with the pistol but, for what it's worth, it was issued to the Schutzpolizei command for Altona-Wandsbeck, Prussian suburbs of Hamburg, and probably remained there through WWII. The grip strap marking S.Sch.I.1183. is interesting because it has the largest weapon number I have observed from this command (HWIS, Table 9-5).

I am not sure the barrel is the original. The 3 on the bottom makes me believe this was a replacement barrel manufactured by Simson in 1923 and probably installed by the Berlin Police Armory later in the 20s or 30s. Is there a PTV/E or TP/E stamped on the right side of the barrel? The barrel may also have Simpon acceptance stamps such as E/6 or E/33.

For my database, would you tell me the letter suffix, if any, below the serial number on the front of the frame?