This is a pen pistol that was shown AOL's Guntalk Library. It appears to only fire blanks, but the caliber is 32 and it is made in Germany or so the description says. It appears to fire out the top with no barrel persay so I sure it is not what you are talking about, but interesting. This is the quote from Guntalk:
This "Pencil Gun" was given to me a long time ago. The cap screws off to allow a .32 cal. blank to be inserted. It came in its original box, with directions, and with blank and "gas cartridges." The only marking is "GERMANY" on the writing end. Any info (date, manufacturer, value) would be helpful.
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