Over 10,000 Ortgies pistols were manufactured by 1921 when Deutsche Werke AG purchased the Ortgies patents and machinery, and took up production of pistols in the Ortgies plant. After WWI, Ortgies returned to Germany and set up in business in Erfurt manufacturing Ortgies pistols in 7.65mm calibre.
Ohn, Heinrich Ortgies lived in Liege for many years, while in Belgium, he designed an automatic pistol incorporating patents which were granted to him circa 1916 - 1918.
What little that remained was dismantled once the war ended. The pistols were developed by Heinrich Ortgies.ĭeutsche Werke facilities and infrastructure was destroyed during World War II by bombing raids. Especially known are the so-called Ortgies pistols which were particular popular in the United States. Among the ships built here was the German battlecruiser Gneisenau.īesides shipbuilding Deutsche Werke also produced firearms. The company was owned by the government of the Weimar Republic and its headquarter was in Berlin.ĭeutsche Werke started building merchant ships but when the Nazi Party gained power in 1933 the production was changed to naval ships. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defence industry to shrink. Other Information: more wear on end of barrel, Original logo’d magazineĭeutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged.
DEUTSCHE WERKE ORTGIES PISTOL FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER
Markings: Crown N Proofs, Ortgies Paten right side frame, Serial number and GERMANY in front of trigger guard, DEUTSCHE WERKE –monogram- WERK ERFURT on left side of slide
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