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
Pieper Nicolas
Here is a semi-automatic
pistol by
Nicolas Pieper,
specifically the " Mod D démontant " of 1909, calibre 6.35 Br.
The markings
Automatic gun N. Pieper Bté SGDG : trademark
Lion on PV: smokeless powder test between 1898 and 1968
Perron: inspection since 1853
A surmounted by the horizontal bar of capital T: unidentified
ARICO: unregistered trade mark
