Original Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice German WWII Era brown leather breakaway holster for the Walther PP pistol. 7.65 / .32ACP caliber "pocket" pistols were standard pistols used by Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) units. The brown color of this holster usually indicates issue to a rural police unit.

The design follows the standard breakaway "high-front" design of the period. Some holsters were made to fit a variety of the various pistols in this chambering, however this one was made specifically to fit the Walther PP. This example is stamped under the securing strap clg / 42 for the maker Ernst Melzig of Liegnitz.

Condition of the holster is very good with a lovely broken in look. The leather is still supple, with fully intact stitching and no tears. The securing strap does have the start of a tear, but if handled carefully it should be fine.

A great accessory to pair with a WWII German Walther PP Pistol. Ready to display!

The Walther PP (Polizeipistole, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.

It features an exposed hammer, a traditional double-action trigger mechanism, a single-column magazine, and a fixed barrel that also acts as the guide rod for the recoil spring. The series includes the Walther PP, PPK, PPK/S, and PPK/E models. The Walther TPH pocket pistol is a smaller caliber pistol introduced in 1971 identical in handling and operation to the PPK.

Various PP series are manufactured in Germany, France and the United States. In the past, the PPK version has been manufactured by Walther in its own factory in Germany, as well as under licenses by Manurhin in France; Interarms in Virginia and by Smith & Wesson in Maine. Since 2018, PPK and PPK/S models have been built at the factory of US-based subsidiary Walther Arms, Inc.

The PP and the PPK were among the world's first successful double action semi-automatic pistols. They are still manufactured by Walther and have been widely copied. The design inspired other pistols, among them the Soviet Makarov, the Hungarian FEG PA-63, the Polish P-64, the American Accu-Tek AT-380 II, and the Argentinian Bersa Thunder 380. The PP and PPK were both popular with European police and civilians for being reliable and concealable. During World War II, they were issued to the German military (officers), including the Luftwaffe, as well as the Ordnungspolizei.