WW2 era SS engraved browning

I have this ww2 era browning with 4th SS police division engraved onto it with an SS soldiers name (alios etthofer) has anyone seen this before I was told it was something soldiers done once a gun was captured or something along those lines, does anyone have much more information on this thank you

 

Sorry to disappoint but almost certainly a fake inscription. The ‘4th’ gives the game away as, as far as I’m aware, the German’s never used ‘th’, ‘rd’, ‘nd’ etc. A more realistic fake would have read ‘4. SS…..’.

 

Thank you I thought it could be

 

Assume the weapon is a cigarette lighter and not a live weapon?

 

It’s been deactivated as I live in the uk and if the gun is not considered an antique it has to be deactivated

 

Assume you followed this
010/2019: Firearms Regulations 2019 and the Firearms (Amendment) (No.2) Rules 2019

 

It looks like a Walther to me. Could you post a few more pictures?

 

Yeah it’s been properly deactivated, got the yellow certificate

 

I'd hazard a guess at a 1910 FN Browning or similar.

 

I think it’s a 1910 browning it says browning on the deactivation certificate

 

I believe you're right.

 

Strictly speaking, an FN Browning 1910/22 - see the muzzle sleeve.
Such pistols were designated by the Heereswaffenamt as Pistole 626(b) (caliber 7.65 × 17 mm) and Pistole 641(b) (caliber 9 × 17 mm)
The plastic grips speak at least for the police version.

But JDKR is of course right: 4th does not exist in German at all. Either "4te", or much more common "4."
Alois Etthofer* was a Knight's Cross bearer, probably someone speculated to drive up the price with this name.
*Alois Etthofer - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

The serial number suggests a year of manufacture after 1942 - if it was indeed a Wehrmacht production. But this should be verifiable from the stamps
(In Germany, official weapons are always covered with stamps).