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Batard Maurice
It is a single-shot pistol with annular percussion. The system is called “top
break”. It is a matter of opening the breech by pressing the opening pushbutton
on the left side of the breech. The weapon is a Flobert 22 long caliber.
The trigger is protected by trigger guard with fingerrest. The plates of grips
look like wood to me. (?) gridded with some engravings.
The gun carries a rectangular front sight fixed by a tenon-mortar system. The
V-shaped sight is adjustable in length.
The weapon is engraved "Maurice Batard arquebusier à Tournai" (Place Crombez,
24). However, I think it is the dealer. It seems to me that the weapon was
manufactured in Liège by an unidentified manufacturer.
This weapon bears the hallmarks of proofs from Liège, namely:
ELG* in a crowned oval: definitive acceptance, in use from 1893 to 1968.
AF*: controller countermark, in use from 1877 to 1968.
Peron (little step): inspection, in use from 1853 to the present day.
R crowned: striped barrel, in use from 1894 to 1968.
The weapon also bears the mark FL 22L mentioned above.
Appendix: advertising leaflet of Maurice Batard in Tournai.
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