Great Grandfather's Revolver - What is it?

Valeksky

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Hello,

As far as I know, and I know very little, this pistol was brought back by my Great Grandfather after WWI. Family history indicates that it was taken from an Austrian officer, but those I talk to say it's a Belgian made revolver (based on trigger guard style, and the EGL marking). It's currently in the US, and it was intended to be sent to me upon my grandfather's death. My aunt has provided me with the pictures, and the information on marking, so I am unable to elaborate on more than what's found below.

My old post on the firing line: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=337155

Originally registered in canada with the following information:

Make - P. Coquette
Type - R
Model - area is blank, no designation
Calibre - .44
Shots - 6
Barrel - 5 1/2

The markings are:
Above trigger and below cylinder (chamber)
P.Coo(Q?)uette
Brevete

On cylinder - also stamped
E
L G(?)
* (a star) this all appears in a stamped circle, enclosing all letters and symbol

Also on cylinder
a small 'crown' with a letter L directly below it.





 
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As I haven't googled p.coquette in a number of years, I went ahead and tried again and I might have answered some of my own questioning. I did find a french page that indicates that this may be a revolver manufactured from 1870 to 1877.

Unsure on the calibre, but it might be an 11mm variant. Any additional information would be super helpful.
 
Hey Mickeyfinn, thanks for the reply.

Yes, that seems to be the only thing I can find in the google-sphere. It does add some good information to the search, such as the markings indicate the years that the gun might have been manufactured, and the fact that it is Belgian.

Unfortunate that it doesn't state what the calibre is (Probably 11 mm French Ordnance?), what the actual date of the firearm is, whether or not this is a rare piece, was it issued (Perhaps the NIL markings indicate this as mentioned on the Firingline forum), and if any other examples are out there.
 
You might want to contact the littlegun.be guy. He does list list his email at the bottom of his Collection page inviting people to contact him with questions. He has an amazing collection.
Keep us posted if you find anything else, I love those treasure hunts.
Cheers
 
Valeksky said:
The markings are:
Above trigger and below cylinder (chamber)
P.Coo(Q?)uette
Brevete

On cylinder - also stamped
E
L G(?)
* (a star) this all appears in a stamped circle, enclosing all letters and symbol

Also on cylinder
a small 'crown' with a letter L directly below it.
Click to expand...

ELG - belgian make with old proof mark making it antique (date wise) and as long as it's not .44‑40 Winchester it will be an antique (caliber wise). You need both date and caliber to have it as antique.

L and crown is a controller proof mark.

Here is more info from the guy who collect them: http://www.littlegun.be/ma_collection/belgique/be abcde/a be coquette philippe gb.htm
 
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