Deutsche Werke Ortgies Serial Numbers
According to Still's 'Axis Pistols' the Ortgies (What your pistol is known as. Ortgies was the designer; Deutsche Werke was the 2nd of two manufacturers.) were never used by the police and military in Nazi Germany. Shutochnie nominacii dlya kolleg zhenschin. In fact, the little autos were out of production when Hitler came to power.
Feb 27, 2011 - Ortgies.32. There is no serial number base for these well made but ill designed firearms. Ortgies (Deutsche Werke) Gun Digest.doc. Serial number 15665 is marked Ortgies & Co., whereas serial number 16110 is marked Deutsche Werke. After publication Maus was also made aware of serial.
But they were imported in large numbers into the U.S. In the 1920's and early 30's. I have three of these; in my local market --- which runs as high as anywhere --- these little autos run in the $200-275 range in good to excellent shape, less if in poorer shape.