Here is an interesting modification to the German WWI Hebel (Lever) style flare pistol. In the 1930s, the German police sought some way of projecting tear gas to use in enclosed areas to rout criminals or open areas for crowd control. The result was this Reizstoffpistole. A few years later a holster was authorized. The irritant gas shells were produced by the Chemical Factory Stolzenberg in Hamburg Germany. Their work survived the war by creating a seriouss environmental problem in Hamburg with abandoned drums containing chemicals.
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Looking for Walther Model 8 #727649
and Walther PP #975557