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The WaA stamps were usually on the left side and the pics of that side are poor. The Eagle/swastika proof mark is clearly seen on the barrel. That gun is a very late pistol. At that time, the full serial number was put only on the slide, with the last three and the suffix letter on the barrel and frame.
Bakelite grips were also used in that period.
As for sabotage, I obviously cannot personally attest that it was done, but I handled and worked on two late BHP's with barrels so soft that a magazine full would cause the locking lugs to upset and jam the pistols. That might have been accidental, but it seemed to me to confirm the stories of Belgian workers skipping the heat treatment as a form of sabotage. Those pistols could and did pass proof firing and were accepted for German service. I "fixed" both; one quit after another half dozen rounds, the second got almost through a second magazine before the lugs peened again and stopped it.
Jim
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