This is an excellent example of a late production, pre-war ERMA manufactured EMP 9mm submachine gun. This type of submachine gun was used heavily in the Spanish Civil war from 1936-1938 and was also very popular with early Nazi police and para-military units. It was originally designed by Henrich Vollmer in the late 1920s and was subsequently manufactured by the Erfurter Werkzeug Machinenfabrik (Erma Werke) factory in the early 1930s. The nomenclature for this weapon, "EMP", actually stands for ERMA Machinefabrik-Pistole, and they were made at the old Erfurt factory in Thurgen. Typical of early German pre-war craftsmanship, it has all machined and blued steel parts. The rear of the receiver is marked with a small single "Eagle N" commercial proof mark along with "EMP/17998". It has the late pattern two position rear sight graduated for 100 and 200 meters. It has the slotted barrel jacket and has the one-piece oak stock with the vertical foregrip. It has the two position (full and semi-automatic) selector switch on right side of the trigger guard with a unique large safety lever on the right side of the receiver that actually blocks the bolt. The barrel jacket and magazine housing are numbered "17998", and the bolt is numbered "4834". It has a blued metal finish with the bright polish bolt. It is complete with one 20 round magazine and an MP40 leather sling.

Excellent with 95% of the blued finish overall with only edge and high spot wear. The bolt as noted is still in the white. The stock is in very fine condition with its original oil type finish showing slightly heavier handling marks and pressure dents on the sides in various areas. Mechanically excellent. NOTE: This item is restricted as a National Firearms Act (NFA), fully transferable Class 3, which is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (BATFE) that is classified as a "Curios or Relic" as defined in 27 CFR, 478.11. These weapons are still subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 478.