Your CZ 27 was probably made in 1941 based upon the serial number, any German army acceptance stamps on the frame, slide or barrel? I am assuming it is a polished blued gun. If it is stamped with a K on the trigger guard indicates proofed for smokeless propellents. I have one with a serial #889XX without. My estimate is both were made 1941-early '42 assuming it is German army acceptance stamped. That is a rare one with the K stamping may have been made before the Germans took over the factory if it does not have any German army acceptance stamps.
PB
Quote from EAllen:
According to R.J.Berger's excellent book "Know Your Czechloslovakian Pistols", from the information in your post my reading estimates your example was made early in the German production period which took place almost two years after the Occupation of 1939. During 1939-1940, production of the CZ27 was continued by the Germans and the pistols furnished to Nazi-friendly countries and sales to citizens, before all production was claimed by the Nazis That was 1941 when the rollmark on the top of the slide was changed to the German "Bohmische", and the side of the slide marked "Pistole Modell 27, Kal. 7.65".
Those markings, and the low serial number suggest 1941. (Nazi police production started about SN 30,000). Also, according to my reading of Berger, if there is not a Nazi acceptance mark- waffenamt- then that pistol was made for the police. Nazi CZ27 production continued throughout the war both for Army and Police.
They are a nice pistol. Berger reports that the pistols made for the German war effort totaled 450,500. The design was continued after the war and produced for general sale until 1949- total production of CZ27 at 620,000.
