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Léopold ANCION-MARX
This is a
2-barrel from the manufacturer
Ancion-Marx Léopold
rue Grandgagnage, 28 at Liège. This is a true copy of the Gendarmerie pistol
from the Liège manufacturer
Nagant.
The weapon bears the statutory
hallmarks of the Liège proofhouse, namely:
- ELG* in a crowned oval: definitive
acceptance, in use from 1893 to 1968.
- Peron: inspection, in use from 1853
to the present day.
- S*: controller’s countermark, in use
from 1877 to 1968.
- Crowned R: striped cannons, in use
from 1894 to 1968.
The weapon also bears the following
markings:
- 1238: serial number of the gun.
- CAL 380: calibre of the weapon. Size
38 short or 9 mm.
- LAM: this
is the trademark of
Léopold Ancion Marx.
The firm was on the proofhouse from 1890 to 1935.
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