I’m not sure what the origin of this cat is but I feel that it adds to the pistol’s curious design. Over time the brass grip medallions also changed with the later versions being a stylized “D” which, if you look closely, is made to look like a cat. These pistols came with several different markings on the slide but as far as I can tell they were never given any specific model names other than simply “Ortgies”. Eventually the design was passed to Deutsche Werke, a ship building company based in Berlin. Heinrich Ortgies had first designed and manufactured the pistol in his own factory in 1919 but died later in the same year.
Janich used the Ortgies Pistol.” They were also popular exports throughout the Americas. To quote, “…all principal German Pistol Shooting Competitions during 1921 our Cal 7,65 (32) has won more than 70% of the prizes and at the Champion Shooting Competition at Halensee on September 26th the Champion Mr.
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I am fortunate enough to have seen the original manual where they boast about their pistol’s success. Technically the Ortgies is a cost effective design which doesn’t sacrifice quality, something which would later be proven as these pistols had notable success with shooting competitions. Since this is a firearm which I knew absolutely nothing about I will be relying heavily on Wikipedia for its history. Produced in Germany by a man named Heinrich Ortgies, these self-named pistols saw a very limited production for around five years between 19 and have some curious design elements. Here’s a story about a slick little pocket pistol which I had previously never known about.