![]() ![]() Brauning reportedly worked for Fabrique Nationale in Liege, Belgium. Kersten in his book entitled Wapens en Munitie (1946), Ortgies bought the design of his pistol from a German gunsmith named Karl August Brauning. The nature of his work in the weapons industry is not specified, but since he started life as a merchant we presume he was aĪccording P.B.W. During his time in Belgium he wasĪppointed Turkish vice-consul, apparently due to his business connections in the Middle-East. At the beginning of World War I he was working in Liege, Belgium also for one or more gun manufacturers. Russia Baku, Azerbaijan and Tiflis, Georgia for various weapon manufacturers. He became a merchant and moved to London at the age of 21. ![]() Heinrich Ortgies was the son of a Frisian farmer, born about 1870 near the town of Jever in Lower Saxony. ![]()
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