Dave, the Fortunas (E. German Sauers) were made in a factory called Ernst Thalmann Werk. There's some speculation that the Fortuna, Merkel, and Simson guns were all made in the same factory. They were indeed all handled by the same E. German, state-run export consortium. You have to remember, this was under the old Communist system. And in fact, the Fortuna 147E looks exactly like a Merkel 147E, which looks exactly like a Simson 74E.