Most sources give the firm of Christoph Friedrich Triebel as being founded in 1800. Christoph Friedrich Triebel may very well have founded it or a decendent such as Stephan Triebel founded it under that name but from the mid 1830s on I haven't run across a person by that name. A firm mind you, but not a person. Circa 1850 Caspar Friedrich Triebel was a master bayonet/knife/blade maker/forger and Nicolaus Triebel, Jr. was probably his apprentice. Gottlieb, Johann Friedrich and Nicolaus Sr. were all master gunsmiths. More than likely one of these fellas was the brother or father to Heinrich August Lindner's wife Hedwig Triebel Lindner. The probability is very high that Lindner sourced work to some of the Triebel klan. By WWI, Richard Friedrich Triebel was at the helm. Pics would be nice, but usually the stamp "C.F.Triebel" is seen on the tube as well as the stamp of a "C" overstamped onto a "T" with a "F" stamped in the middle. It would be interesting to see what type frame it has. There were several other Triebel gunmakers around Zella Saint Blasii circa 1900 along with Johs. Trieble who was an inn keeper.
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Raimey
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