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As margins ran thinner and thinner for Germany in the war (because they had really not planned everything that well, let's be real), they would look to economize various weapons, made in their own arsenals, and captured ones.
For the Wz.35, the finish was made cheaper, the plastic grips were replaced with unfinished wood ones with a ribbed pattern pressed into them, and pins in the frame were replaced with rivets, along with deleting the disassembly lever (situated where the safety would be on a 1911, you technically don't need it). The early captured Wz.35 pistols, initial occupied spec pistols, as well as the later economized versions, all bear the Nazi eagle marking, the Waffenamt, for pistols accepted and adopted by the Heer. These were the third most common pistol in the German armed forces next to the P08 and the P38.
The cheaper Wz.35 pistols are not as nice in quality, but are still pretty good, certainly better than the 7.62mm Tokarev pistols which Poland was forced to adopt after being conquered by the Soviet Empire (which they did after Germany was done slapping them around). The Tokarev isn't terrible, but one would prefer a pistol such as the Wz.35, which is safe to carry with a loaded chamber.
