Summer 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
August 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
MAGNIFICENT WALTHER P.38 GOLD ENGRAVED, BOXED WITH ACCESSORIES
26-1949 | Cal. 9mm P. | S# 318294. | Bbl 4 7/8”.
Beautiful, as near new Walther P.38 gold engraved with spare magazine, cleaning rod, matching test target, instruction booklet, and original matching box. The pistol is a standard configuration Post-War P.38, left side of slide marked Walther banner and “Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do./ P38 Cal.9mm”. Safety marked with the usual “S/F” detents. Gun was imported by Interarms as reflected by the marking on the right side of the slide and made in West Germany, as marked on the frame. Serial number: 318294 surmounting production year “70” as applied to the left upper trigger guard web. The pistol has been extensively scroll and vine engraved, over the barrel behind the bridge, and over most of the slide and frame. The primary and spare magazine are gold plated and marked with a Walther banner “P.38/ 9mm” on the left side of the magazine wall, each fitted with a crosshatched floorplate. Complimenting this magnificent pistol are a pair of ivory colored grips whose checkering is identical to the standard production pistols. Included are a spare magazine, blued cleaning rod, factory-matching test target, instruction booklet, wood grain cardboard box with a matching end label and “Gold” reference. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Gun Sport Ltd. owned by Jon R. Thomas. STATUS: CURIO.
