Unusual marking

[Scottpeterson_06]

I am fully aware of the make/model of this Radom however I have never seen a swastika marking quite like this. Can anyone help me out?
Thank you

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[Nathaniel Myers]

It would be helpful if you did include information related to the gun. You may know full well what make, model, grade, and features of your vis 35, but when someone who may be researching the same marking down the line will never be able to find this information.

I can make out the acceptance marks on the frame and slide, is this a later type 3 Steyr produced gun? Does it appear to have been refinished?

Without inspecting the marking itself I could not say what its origin may be, I have my opinion, but that won't help much. Hopefully one of the incredibly knowledgable members here will sort it out for you.

[ellenbr]

Really can't see anything from the ruddy thumbnails that takes eternity to load, which is probably related to some cookie issue. I'd hazard a wild guess it was some Husky( Husqvarna Vapenfabrik ) svástika( lappland runes) connection. Maybe a steel type?





Cheers,

Raimey
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[Axel E]

This Radom pistol is a "Pistolet VIS wz35" (Polish name), P35/1(p), German Wehrmacht name, the variation known by German collectors as Typ IV. The Typ IV is identified by the left off diassembly latch, the pins formerly held by that latch riveted in place, but still with plastic grips. This variation was assembled in Steyr from Radom made parts from June 1944 on. These pistols show a lot of tool marks and a very thin dip blue. In spite of the rough finish, they were accurate and reliable pistols.
This pistol was certainly polished up and reblued post war. That "winged swastika" is certainly an embellishment, faked to arouse more American collector interest. The shape of this figure is decidedly not German. After 1945 no nation or organisation dared to use a swastika symbol any more. The far eastern, Chinese and Indian, swastikas usually turn the other way, as does the Husky Lappland svastika.
There were three articles in the DWJ, 1975, 1983 and 2010 on the VIS vz35, discussing all the variants and markings. Not one even mentions such a primitive swastika engraving.

[Nathaniel Myers]

While I am not knowledgable like you, Axel, concerning the Radom, you echoed my thoughts on the Swastika exactly.