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Description of  Walther Automatic Pistols and Flare Pistols (Small Arms Profile 6)

As far back as 1592 gunsmiths from the Thuringia Forest in Germany formed a guild. A centre was established at Zelia and its twin town Mehlis. ln 1886, three centuries later, Carl Walther at the age of 26 came to Zelia to open a gunshop. From this gunshop came the Walther Company, world famous for its precise workmanship and fine craftsmanship and especially renowned for its pistols.