This is a fantastic example of an original unaltered pre-war Walther PPK pistol in the very desirable .22 LR caliber. This scarce caliber was manufactured through the Walther production cycle on a very limited basis for both commercial and military contracts. This is a late commercial production model that still retains the "Crown/N" proofmark on the barrel chamber, muzzle, and right side of the slide directly behind the ejection port, that falls right in line with the noted serial number range of those listed on page 70 Vol 1 in the book on Walther PP, and PPK pistols by James Rankin. This pistol has the correct matching slide with the standard Walther banner followed by the two line legend including the caliber and "Mod. PPK". It has a 60 degree safety and fixed sights. The right front side of the trigger guard bow is stamped with a small property number "578". These were often a designation for a shooting club inventory. It has the original brown plastic checkered wrap around grips with the correct Walther factory magazine, blue finished with the brown finger extension on the bottom. Complete with the original matching Walther "woodgrain" factory box. The Walther banner, picture of the pistol and the "PPK" nomenclature are embossed on top of the lid and the right end has the original Walther factory label that has the matching serial number of "238502K" and "Cal. 22" affixed to the side. Inside the box is the original pre-war commercial Walther color instruction/owners manual, the original spare blue flat based magazine; the original Walther small tin cleaning kit which contains a small patch of cotton cleaning material, small bottle of oil and a cleaning brush.