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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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Deutsche WerkeGerman, 1925 - 1945

Deutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defence industry to shrink. The company was owned by the government of the Weimar Republic and its headquarters was in Berlin.

Deutsche Werke started building merchant ships but when the Nazi Party gained power in 1933 the production was changed to naval ships. Besides shipbuilding Deutsche Werke also produced firearms. Especially known are the so-called Ortgies pistols which were particular popular in the United States. The pistols were developed by Heinrich Ortgies. (Wikipedia)

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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
German Ortgies Automatic Pistol
MO 1945.21.9
Heinrich Ortgies
ca. 1919-1921
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