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 Edouard
Here is a classic "carbine" system
COMBLAIN
model 1871 intended for the Belgian Civil Guard. It is actually a short 120 cm
rifle, but the official name is “carbine”. Breech in phosphorous bronze.
According to what we read in “Les armes à feu
réglementaires belges depuis 1830” (p. 76 and 80), these weapons were
“manufactured by a large number of small workshops.” One of these workshops is
that of Edouard MALHERBE,
a weapons manufacturer in Liège. It should also be noted that he filed fourteen
patents between 1856 and 1880.
On
www.littlegun.info
we can also see that
Edouard MALHERBE
made Comblains for Brazil.
Markings
GB in
oval: (owned by) Belgian Government
U under
crown: countermark of a controller, in use between 1853 and 1877;
L crowned
in a circle: probably the countermark of a military controller;
GP avec l’aide de PHL.
