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Title:	PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC -  POLISH PISTOL M35 (P35(p)) 9MM SN# C6176
Maker/Manufacturer:	WILNEWCZYC & SKRZYPINSKI
Date of Manufacture:	1940-1944
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 984
Measurements:	OL: 20.5CM 8 1/8" BL: 12CM 4 3/4"

Object Description:

POLISH PISTOL M35 (P35(p)) 9MM SN# C6176
Manufactured by Fabryka Broni, Radom, Poland - Standard Polish M35 semi-automatic pistol adopted by the Germans as P35 (p). Recoil-operated with 8-round, single-column, box magazine inserted in grip. External hammer. Blued finish, checkered wood grips. Fixed sights. Utilizes Browning Hi-Power locking system. Complete with 8-round detachable box magazine. Cartridge: 9mm Parabellum. Slide and magazine welded to frame. This specimen is slotted for shoulder stock.

Markings:
Frame: C6176. Left side: Eagle/WaA 77.
Slide: F.B. RADOM VIS MOD. 35 PAT. NR. 15567. German acceptance stamp. Eagle/WaA 623/WaA 77 P.35(p).
Grips: F.B. Right grip: VIS.

Weapon transferred to the Museum from Ft. Myer (4th MP Detachment) on 9 May 1961.

Notes: "With war on the horizon, in 1930 Poland decided that it might be best to standardize their motley assortment of obsolete handguns and held a trial for submitted designs. The design submitted by Skrzypinski and Wilniewczyc, engineers for Skoda, won. Commencing in 1936, the Government Small Arms Factory manufactured the pistol under the name VIS-35. VIS was said to be the acronym for the inventors' initials W (V), I (and) S. It is also the Polish word for power, so you may draw your own conclusions. When the Germans captured Poland, they continued to produce the pistol for their growing needs, and as the war progressed and necessity grew, output became paramount. Thus the late pistols were quite crude." - Robert H. Balderson

References:
Balderson, Robert H. OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO COLLECTOR HANDGUNS. 5th Ed. House of Collectibles. N.Y., N.Y. 1996.