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Gents,

I picked up an interesting East German Police Cz27 at the MVACA Show in Kansas City over the weekend. It is a late war manufactured Pistole Modell 27 made by "fnh" in the last years of the war. It is all matching, except for the magazine, in wartime phosphate finish with the later fnh maker marking on the left side of the slide. The pistol has been run through the Volkspolizei Armory in Suhl and has a VP star with 14 in the center marking on the left side of the trigger guard. It retains it original wartime eagle and swastika firing proofs and military WaA found on the right side of the frame. Interestingly, it also has the very early markings for a pistol issued around 1946 in the Soviet Zone of occupation of Berlin. It has "SKS" Soviet Zone property markings on the front gripstrap with the large Berlin Police star following the Soviet Zone markings.

The pistol is shown with a 1962 dated Makarov style MdI marked police holster. The Cz27 fits this holster and magazine pouch perfectly.