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
MALHERBE & SALLE
Here is a
shotgun corresponding to the shotgun by
Edouard MALHERBE et Guillaume SALLE.
They have already been the subject of several notices on the website.
For the
sake of completeness, they filed six patents together.
Two of
these patents relate to a "breech-toggle" rifle.
Below are
the drawings of these two patents, the original patent 028504 dated February 24,
1871 and 030264 dated March 21, 1872. I am not in a position to determine which
patent the "Romanian" rifle falls under. I assume the second ?
The mention Buescu Brevetat seems to indicate that
Vasile Buescu, born in 1846 and died on March 1, 1883, made some modification to
this rifle. But which one(s)? You'd have to take it apart, but that's it. I
presume that, as in the case of the
COMBLAIN,
there is no doubt that there is a reassembly tool, without which the operation
is “delicate” (charming euphemism...).
Mr.
Buescu graduated from the military school in Bucharest in 1867 and entered the
artillery as a second lieutenant. He left in 1871 to complete his studies in
armoury in Liège.
In 1875,
he presented a revolver system (based on the Chamelot-Delvigne) which was
adopted in 1876 by the Romanian army. This earned him the Bene Morenti First
Class Medal (which had just been created that year).
He then
served as Deputy Director of the Bucharest Arsenal.
According
to Internet, a weapon (which ? revolver ? rifle ?) by Vasile Buescu is part of
the weapons collection of the castle of Peles in Sinaia (Romania).
I didn’t
find anything on the web about the patent for this rifle.
GP
MALHERBE & SALLE
It acts of a needle rifle charging by the breech and which is the invention of Edouard MALHERBE and Guillaume SALLE in Liege.
From 1856 to 1880, MALHERBE deposited fourteen patents including two with Guillaume SALLE.
GG
Many thanks to the "ROYAL ARMY MUSEUM" Bruxelles and especially the section "ARMES PORTATIVE".
(N° identification : F451/193Inf "Collection of Comte de Ribaucourt")
