I can't say Wernher von Braun of Myrzysk brought it to Huntsville, AL, but I'm curious if it was for the Russian market. I think this example to be one of many of a higher end piece similar to those retailed in Berlin, where the money and connection were, to dukes, kings, princes and the like but totally sourced from the craftsmen of Suhl. The unadulterated truth on the matter is that the firms, not fellas as the fellas with the appointments to supply the courts were long since passed, were the connections to the money men. I think this to be a totally Heym made piece, possibly not by Friedrich Wilhelm Heym, but by his relatives Conrad Heym(CH), who began in the mid 1870s, and Franz Heym(FH-script) was was active up till just past WWI, but I haven't searched for any connection between Fritz Heym and tube making but he could have performed the final fitting to the action. Conrad Heym cannot be found as a gunsmith in the 1840s and should have been active up to WWI, but he, Fritz and Wilhelm, along with other Heyms were decendents of:
Georg Adam Heym, master stocker?
Gottgetreu Heym, master gunsmith
Gottlieb Heym, master gunsmith
Gottlieb Heym(Jr.?), gunsmith
Wilhelm Heym, gunmsith
I haven't traced the lineage but I just might have a gander.
"16" must have been an assembly number and I'm curious what the critter is on the right side of the frame near the standing breech. Is it another Imperial Eagle?
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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