Now this is a gem, not worth a whole lot but very rare....... The barrel stamps read >>Ernst Thälmann Werk Suhl<< & >>Special Gewehr Lauf Stahl<<

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Ernst Thälmann Werke Suhl Modell 180-1


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Bockdoppelflinte Suhl 1801

Kal.: 12/70



Lauflänge ca. 650 mm
Schaftlänge ca. 370 mm
Chocke 1/2 - 1/1
Perlkorn
Doppelabzug
Zustand: Holz am Vorderschaft beschädigt, Funktion nicht beeinträchtig

https://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=19593527

https://www.germanhuntingguns.com/archives/veb-ernst-thalmann-werke/
I am quite confident that Sauer did not use the Ernst Thälmann Werk before WWII and Merkel was more closely associated with Ernst Thälmann Werke(1954??) than anyone?


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Raimey
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