Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Arquebuserie Royale à Liège
Here is a shotgun juxtaposed Liège (light since of calibre 28) of very nice
workmanship but unfortunately not attributable. Beautiful English butt,
Holland-Holland system.
But the Arquebuserie Royale à Liège
is “unknown to the battalion”, at least until now. And it is very unfortunate
that the picture from underneath the barrels is so blurred, perhaps there are
some interesting markings.
The markings
z and t under star: countermarks of controllers, in use since 1877;
peron: inspection, in use since 1853;
lion on PV: smokeless powder test, in use since 1898;
28-70 in coated omega: nominal caliber and sleeve length, in use since 1924;
ELG on star in crowned oval: accepted, in use since 1893;
Greek annal letter phi for 1961
0 KG 838: gun weight, in use since 1924.
GP with the help of PHL.
