For example: The 25,000th pistol produced in a certain year had serial number 5000b,and the 35,000th pistol produced had serial number 5000c. The first 10,000 pistols produced at the start of the year had no suffix letter. At the beginning of a new year, both the serial numbers and suffix letters again started over. The letter went up one character each time the serial number once more started at 1. To ensure that every pistol had a unique serial number, the Germans added a suffix letter. The firm started over at 1 when the number 10,000 was reached. Walther used serial numbers ranging from 1 to 10,000. Most of the serial numbers also have a suffix letter.
There are periods were ac + production year were stamped next to eachother and periods where this combination was stacked.
In addition to the secret code the last two digits of the year of production were also stamped on the slide. This new code wasĪnd was introduced in august 1940. For the Walther factory was already abandoned after two months use and replaced by a new code.
