*RARE & SPECIAL ENGRAVED MRS. HERMANN GOERING PRESENTATION WALTHER PPK SEMI-AUTO PISTOL.

*RARE & SPECIAL ENGRAVED MRS. HERMANN GOERING PRESENTATION WALTHER PPK SEMI-AUTO PISTOL. SN 889230. Cal. 7.65 mm (32 ACP). Blue finish with 3-1/4″ bbl, fixed sights and standard Walther banner marbled brown composition 1-pc grip. Pistol has nearly full coverage wonderful pre-WWII engraving consisting of foliate arabesque patterns with extremely fine and well-executed punch dot background. Engraving was applied around the SN but over the proof marks. Sides of trigger and front web of trigger guard are engraved in spider web or diamond patterns. Exposed bbl skirt is engraved in diamond & dot patterns. Right forward side of slide is engraved with a shield shaped family crest consisting of three 6-pointed stars, two above and one below with a wide bar across the center in between. Bottom front of slide is engraved in geometric patterns and the shoulder of the thumb safety is engraved to match the slide. Lower front sides of frame are engraved in a running leaf pattern. This pistol was a gift to Emma Johanna Henny “Emmy” Goering (nee Sonnemann) (24 March 1893 to 8 June 1973) apparently on her wedding day to Nazi German Field Marshall Hermann Goering, on 10 April 1935. Emmy was the daughter of a wealthy German salesman and became an actress in the National Theater. She had been previously married in 1916 but later divorced. Field Marshall Goering had also been previously married to a Swedish lady who had died in Oct. 1931. Field Marshall Goering was a very wealthy and powerful man in Germany who owned mansions, estates & castles in Austria, Germany & Poland who also was an inveterate big game hunter and firearms collector with major gun collections in all of his residences. In fact Field Marshall Goering established a game preserve in Poland which still exists today. At the reception after their wedding they reportedly hosted 320 guests at his country estate, Reichsjagerhof, which had previously been named Carinhall after his first wife Carin, but later became known as Emmyhall. When the Goering’s daughter, Etta was born in June 1938 Field Marshall Goering had 500 planes fly over the hospital in Berlin where she was born and stated that he would have had 1,000 planes fly over as a salute had the child been a boy. Emmy Goering frequently served as Hitler’s hostess prior to and during WWII and there is speculation that this pistol may have been a gift from Hitler. Documentation accompanying this pistol shows a photograph of the handle of a piece of Field Marshall & Mrs. Goering’s silverware which has the engraved family crests of the Goering and Sonnemann families. Mr. Goering’s is on the left and depicts a mailed arm clutching a sword and the Sonnemann crest is on the right and is as described previously. After the end of WWII Emmy Goering, now a widow, was convicted by a German Denazification Court for being a Nazi which sentenced her to one year in jail. When she was released 1/3 of her property was confiscated and she was banned from the stage for five years. Upon her release she secured a small apartment in Berlin where she remained for the rest of her life. She wrote an autobiography published in both German & English in 1972 and she died in Munich in 1973. Accompanied by a letter of authentication from renowned Walther firearm author & authority, Dieter H. Marschall. He authenticates the engraving as mid-1930’s and identifies the Sonnemann Family Crest on the slide. He states that there are other Emmy Goering wedding presents with the same type coat of arms. This is undoubtedly an authentic engraved PPK that was probably a wedding present, if not from Adolph Hitler, at least from a high ranking Nazi official. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only slight muzzle edge and sharp edge wear around the top of the grip. Engraving is crisp & clean and shows no wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so, very little. 4-39837 JR334 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1072	$17,825.00	RARE & SPECIAL ENGRAVED MRS. HERMANN GOERING PRESENTATION WALTHER PPK SEMI-AUTO PISTOL. SN 889230. Cal. 7.65 mm (32 ACP). Blue finish with 3-1/4″ bbl, fixed sights and standard Walther banner marbled brown composition 1-pc grip. Pistol has nearly full coverage wonderful pre-WWII engraving consisting of foliate arabesque patterns with extremely fine and well-executed punch dot background. Engraving was applied around the SN but over the proof marks. Sides of trigger and front web of trigger guard are engraved in spider web or diamond patterns. Exposed bbl skirt is engraved in diamond & dot patterns. Right forward side of slide is engraved with a shield shaped family crest consisting of three 6-pointed stars, two above and one below with a wide bar across the center in between. Bottom front of slide is engraved in geometric patterns and the shoulder of the thumb safety is engraved to match the slide. Lower front sides of frame are engraved in a running leaf pattern. This pistol was a gift to Emma Johanna Henny “Emmy” Goering (nee Sonnemann) (24 March 1893 to 8 June 1973) apparently on her wedding day to Nazi German Field Marshall Hermann Goering, on 10 April 1935. Emmy was the daughter of a wealthy German salesman and became an actress in the National Theater. She had been previously married in 1916 but later divorced. Field Marshall Goering had also been previously married to a Swedish lady who had died in Oct. 1931. Field Marshall Goering was a very wealthy and powerful man in Germany who owned mansions, estates & castles in Austria, Germany & Poland who also was an inveterate big game hunter and firearms collector with major gun collections in all of his residences. In fact Field Marshall Goering established a game preserve in Poland which still exists today. At the reception after their wedding they reportedly hosted 320 guests at his country estate, Reichsjagerhof, which had previously been named Carinhall after his first wife Carin, but later became known as Emmyhall. When the Goering’s daughter, Etta was born in June 1938 Field Marshall Goering had 500 planes fly over the hospital in Berlin where she was born and stated that he would have had 1,000 planes fly over as a salute had the child been a boy. Emmy Goering frequently served as Hitler’s hostess prior to and during WWII and there is speculation that this pistol may have been a gift from Hitler. Documentation accompanying this pistol shows a photograph of the handle of a piece of Field Marshall & Mrs. Goering’s silverware which has the engraved family crests of the Goering and Sonnemann families. Mr. Goering’s is on the left and depicts a mailed arm clutching a sword and the Sonnemann crest is on the right and is as described previously. After the end of WWII Emmy Goering, now a widow, was convicted by a German Denazification Court for being a Nazi which sentenced her to one year in jail. When she was released 1/3 of her property was confiscated and she was banned from the stage for five years. Upon her release she secured a small apartment in Berlin where she remained for the rest of her life. She wrote an autobiography published in both German & English in 1972 and she died in Munich in 1973. Accompanied by a letter of authentication from renowned Walther firearm author & authority, Dieter H. Marschall. He authenticates the engraving as mid-1930’s and identifies the Sonnemann Family Crest on the slide. He states that there are other Emmy Goering wedding presents with the same type coat of arms. This is undoubtedly an authentic engraved PPK that was probably a wedding present, if not from Adolph Hitler, at least from a high ranking Nazi official. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains 98-99% strong orig factory blue with only slight muzzle edge and sharp edge wear around the top of the grip. Engraving is crisp & clean and shows no wear. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so, very little. 4-39837 JR334 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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