Fixed blade and notch sights, one-line "P.38 1745c ac 45" marking on the left side of slide. The slide, frame barrel and locking block are matching numbered, with "eagle/359" proofs on the slide, barrel and frame and "eagle/140" on the left side of the frame, indicating a FN-produced frame. Phosphate finish visible on trigger, slide stop, safety and sear transfer bar. Ribbed Bakelite grips and "P38" and "jvd" marked magazine. The name "Bill Walker" has been scratched into the outside of the right grip panel, with a label inside the left grip panel reading "BILL R WALKER"; no information on Walker was supplied by the consignor, and a search of WWII GIs turns up more than one soldier by that name. Provenance: The Jon M. Maxwell Collection