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 (Anciens Etablissements)
Pieper 1889/36
This is a war rifle called the “Mauser rifle 89/36 Belgian calibre 7. 65x53”
descendant of the Mauser 1889.
It is in fact a conversion of the large quantity of MAUSER 1889 available
(100,000? ) in a shorter, more modern-looking weapon.
This task will be entrusted to three companies from Liège, the
Manufacture d’Armes de l’Etat, the
FN and the Anciens
Etablissements Pieper of which this weapon was part.
The weapon bears various hallmarks including those of the
Manufacture d’Armes de l’Etat
responsible for accepting the weapon intended for the Belgian army:
EGB in a vertical oval: hallmark of the
Manufacture d’Armes de l’Etat.
H in a circle: punch of a controller.
B in a square: Belgian infantry school.
L722 on the stick: meaning ignored, maybe it’s the wood
control number?
The gun also bears the inscription ETABTS
Pieper Herstal on the breech, which is the trademark of the Herstal factory
that transformed the gun.
28 952: serial number.
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