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i have spoken for a Fajan Visser 12 gauge sxs that was offered on gunbroker recently....https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1023156048. this gun was made (or, marketed?) in deventer, holland, and my searches have revealed only a small number of other guns attributed to visser....they appear to be of fairly good quality.

the seller has posted reasonably useful photos, and i am focused on #28,29,30 and 31 of those photos. the gun was obviously proofed in belgium, and most of the proof marks are typical to the liege house....my questions revolve around the lettre annale - which i first assumed to be a lower case "h", which would be 1929....but then i turned it over, and wonder if it might be a lower case "y" that was stamped from the opposite direction from the other typical liege markings - in which case might it be 1946? i have always assumed that the typical liege legends are strung out in a specific order, and would naturally be read from one consistent direction?

the other question i would pose, has to do with new to me markings, just forward of each of the barrel flats, and quite elaborate....a 5 point star, and an involved symbol, that i am unable to decipher - i am wondering if they are the mark of the barrel tube maker?

any information will be appreciated.

best regards,

tom

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1023156048

"h" is correct, not upside down

65mm chambers

https://www.shotgunworld.com/threads/belgian-shotgun-identification-guide.232252/

I agree the lettre annale is 'h'

When you get the gun, please chalk both the upper and lower marks. The upper in the rectangle may be the barrel maker.
I have Pete Mikalajunas' extensive list of makers and tradenames, but can't decipher the letters in the lower mark

I have this as N. Guyot Joseph Cap 1922
https://www.shotgunworld.com/thread...d=4591854&nested_view=1#post-4591854



But can't get N. Guyot out of those initials



Lots of N. Guyot, Paris high grade guns on a search.