The barrel is still in the machined white/bright factory finish and it is not numbered, however it does carry a small 'Nazi Eagle' firing proof along with a single 'Eagle/623' Waffenamt proof, clearly indicating German/Steyr factory acceptance/oversight.

It is correctly serial numbered '00000' on the underside of the slide in the frame slot, indicating they were obviously produced together. 15567' with no other Nazi model markings or proof marks on the slide, however it still has the old decocking lever on the side.

As noted this slide has the new 'single line' German markings of 'F.B.RADOM VIS Mod. This change probably took place sometime in early 1941 after most of the old Polish VIS parts were used up. The characteristics which indicate this are that the pistol falls into an early group two pistol, which is when the Germans introduced the new slide marking and serial numbers, however still retained some of the characteristics of the old group one pistols. However if we analyze this pistol more, the actual purpose of this pistol seems to point more to the fact that it was probably the very first Polish Radom produced under German (Steyr factory personnel) control which featured the new group two slide markings and new serial range. the old 'dark rust blued' finish, however there is no definitive rationale to support that theory as this pistol is in immaculate, like new condition and if they were going to use this as a test piece (for finish durability) usually they are in terrible condition. It has also been theorized that this might have been the very first pistol that was produced with the new 'dark salt blued' finish, vs.

In the manufacturing world this would typically signify an early prototype or preproduction test pistol. Obviously the first and most distinguishing aspect of this pistol as noted is the serial number, which is '00000'. This pistol is certainly an enigma within the collector field for those of us that collect Polish VIS or Nazi Radom Pistols.

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