SOLD RARE ERMA PROTOTYPE .22 PISTOL POST 1940 WW2 ERA

THIS IS A HIGHLY UNSUSAL VERY RARE ERMA FACTORY PROTOTYPE OF A .22LR PISTOL THAT THEY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING INTO PRODUCTION IN 1940. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE PROTOTYPES KNOWN IN SLGHTLY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND THEY WERE PROBABLY LOOTED OUT OF THE ERMA FACTORY AT THE END OF THE WAR. THE PISTOL WAS INTENDED AS A .22LR TARGET PISTOL TO COMPETE AGAINST THE WALTHER OLYMPIA BUT DUE TO THE WAR IT NEVER WENT INTO PRODUCTION. THIS EXAMPLE IS COMPLETE AS IT WAS BROUGHT BACK AND DOES NOT HAVE SIGHTS OR A MAG. IT IS EAGLE N PROOFED AND THE MAKERS MARKINGS ARE HAND ENGRAVED. THE PISTOL IS IN THE WHITE AND WAS NEVER COMPLETLEY FINSISHED. IF YOU COLLECT ERMA PISTOLS THIS IS AN EXTREME ALMOST UNIQUE RARITY.