Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Walther P38, Norwegian Army crest

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 19 ↗

Walther, Model P38 semiautomatic pistols, bearing the Norwegian Army Ordnance crest on the slide, cal. 9mm Luger, S/N range 369001-370000.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “bearing the Norwegian Army Ordnance crest on the slide”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N range 369001-370000”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1974–1976.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Germany
Manufacturer
Carl Walther, Ulm
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
9mm Parabellum
Made
c. 1974–1976production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 19 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. legacy-collectibles.com ↗, years: S/N 369946 near the end of the last contract block (369000-370000); delivered in the 1975 time frame; commercial pistols pulled for the Norwegian contract
  2. legacy-collectibles.com ↗, service: Norwegian Army pistol (reserve pistols from the Lillehammer arsenal)
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
3 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Data-trust reviewYears: 1945–1948 → 1974–1976. Dealer research (Mathisen, Walthers P.38 Pistol in Norway): last Norwegian contract block 369000-370000, delivered in the 1975 time frame
  3. Data-trust reviewMaker: Carl Walther → Carl Walther, Ulm. The 369000–370000 block is post-war Ulm production

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Historical context

Walther P38 (base model shown for Walther P38, Norwegian Army crest)
Shown: a Walther P38, not this Norwegian Army crested pistol.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Walther P38 (6971798779).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Walther P38”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible P38 once World War II started took longer than expected, leading to the P08 remaining in production until September 1942 and copies remained in service until the end of the war.