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
Breuer Eugène
Breuer Eugène
It is a revolver with central percussion of the “Bull-dog” type.
The
barrel is 8 parts with a semi-circle front sight. The Cylinder is 6 shots. The
trigger is curved under oval trigger guard.
Grips
(material not identifiable on photos) are gridded, they are held by a central
screw.
The
weapon bears the regulatory stamps of the Liège proofhouse, namely:
ELG* in a
crowned oval: definitive acceptance after 1893.
E*:
countermark of the controller, in use from 1877 to 1968.
Figure 5:
Number of the weapon??
It also
bears the following two markings:
EB in a
lying oval:
trademark of Eugène BREUER,
registered at the Liège proofhouse from 1880 to 1912. He filed nine patents from
1860 to 1891.
DESVAUX :
one finds DESVAUX Son, gunmaker in Saint-Calais (Sarthe) - 1845-1855.
Maybe it
was her son, grandson, cousin, ...
MD et AD
Breuer Eugène
Breuer Eugène
Gendarmerie percussion pistol by
E. Breuer.
Made circa 1840.
Caliber
15,5 mm smooth, length 26 cm.
Lock marked
E. Breuer Liège
and crown over W, barrel marked Crown over L, N and ELG in oval.
Buttcap
and triggerguard marked Crown over W. Original ramrod.
Walnut
stock marked SD twice
With my
grateful thanks to Bolkantiques for these very nice pictures
Breuer Eugène
The patent for this weapon was filed in Belgium on
03/10/1865 by E. Breuer.
But in
fact this weapon was invented by Alexandre Guerriero and constitutes an
"improvement" of the Lefaucheux system.
He entrusted
Breuer
with the manufacture of the weapon, so it can be assumed that he gave him
permission to file the patent in his name.
Alexandre
Guerriero being Italian, this weapon will be called "Italian revolver".
The drop
barrel system and the hinged rear part is particularly ingenious.
But the
French authorities see too much inconvenience in this and, despite the interest,
this weapon will not be chosen for the army.
