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The Femaru 37M pistol is a World War II-era Hungarian firearm—a period in which the country was allied with Nazi Germany. Thus, despite its national origins, the pistols have Nazi markings and German-required features such as manual safeties. For more on this historic pistol, check out this "I Have This Old Gun" segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman Television.
Great powers have often used smaller conflicts as test beds for new weapon systems, and also as dumping grounds for obsolete machinery. The Spanish Civil War was one such conflict.