Pete M and I have come up with more Belgian gun and barrel maker's marks, some of which were used by US gunmakers. Please check your damascus barrels just before the barrel flats for any of these stamps and I'd sure like to add them to the 'Belgian Mker's Marks' album
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=17575181 L.C. Smith: Bauduin Doyen & Jean-Baptiste Delcour-Dupont
Baker: Charles Spirlet & Arthur-Delvaux-Heuse
Lefever: Arthur-Delvaux-Heuse & George Laloux
Fox: Jean-Baptiste Delcour-Dupont
Ithaca (Flues): Heuse-Riga Fils
Colt Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.: Plunger-Riga & Heuse-Riga Fils
http://heuse.spahistoire.info/henriheuse.html Remington:Named patterns used by Remington were London (Stub Twist), Twist, Laminated, Boston N. (Horse-shoe pattern), Boston 2 S.J. (large scroll 2 Iron Crolle), Oxford 2 & 4 S.J. (smaller scroll 3 Iron Crolle in several different patterns), Chain J, Etoile 3. B.P., Legia P. (Herring-bone pattern), Washington N 3. B.P. ("Stars & Stripes" or "American Flag Bunting"), Chine P ('mottled'), Ohonon 6 S.T., and Pieper P.
Remington damascus barrels with possible Belgian maker's marks include '
HP', frequently found on Oxford 4, likely Henri Pieper
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20p/a%20pieper%20en%20tete%20gb.htm Oxford patterns are used from the Model 1876 to the 1900 KED.
An Etoile pattern 1894 Pigeon Trap has a fused '
JP', possibly the mark of J. Pire & Cie, a large munitions firm established in Liege in 1885
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20p/a%20pire%20gb.htm The significance of
'S.J.' (Boston 2 and Oxford 2 & 4) is uncertain, but could be Simonis-Janssen
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/art...moulin%20gb.htm 'J' could also be one of the Janssen families
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20i%20j%20k/a%20janssen%20gb.htm The meaning of
'B.P.' (Washington N and Etoile) is unclear.
There were at least 20 Belgian companies that operated under the name Thonon, from approximately 1836-1941. Fernand Thonon & Co. was the proud distributor of arms to the courts of Italy and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Crowned HL - E. Heuse-Lemoine
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20h/a%20heuse%20gb.htmClaude Gaier's "Four Centuries of Liege Gunmaking" sheds some light on the connection between US and Belgian firms. Ernest Heuse-Lemoine (1834-1926) from Nessonvaux was a major force in the Vesdre Valley for barrel making. He maintained agents in London, Birmingham, and New York and his firm supplied the Belgian royal court. Every 3 years he would travel aboard and upon his return, would be met by a band in celebration because he always came back with more work orders than his own firm could handle. He would then distribute some of the work to smaller barrel makers in the Vesdre. Gaier states that Heuse-Lemoine supplied damascus barrels for at least 50 years to US makers, and that he invented the names of "Boston" and "Washington" damascus especially for the American market.
Flying snipe in an oval - Henri Pieper c. 1894
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20p/a%20pieper%20henri%20gb.htm Supplied "Finest Damascus" for Remington Model 1894 EE Grade guns and "Oxford 4 S.J." barrels have been identified with '
HP' marks.
Henri Pieper received a patent for “Pieper' S Compressed Steel” on December 29, 1897.
Anciens Etablissements Pieper, often known simply as
AEP, succeeded Etablissements Pieper, itself a successor to Henri Pieper & Companie, in 1905. At the time, premises were being occupied at 24 rue des Bayards in Liege, with a barrel making factory in nearby Nessonvaux. In 1907 a new factory was opened in Herstallez-Liege and the operations were consolidated. Pieper & Bayard used a
Knight on horseback trademark.
Crown over FD in a diamond - Ferdinand Drissen
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20d/a%20drissen%20gb.htm Three-lobed crown over a D - Jean-Baptiste Delcour-Dupont of Nessonvaux Found on damascus Smith guns.
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20d/a%20delcour%20dupont%20gb.htm DD in an oval lying - Delcour-Dupont Jean de Fraipont-Nessonvaux
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20i%20j%20k/a%20jobe%20t%20gb.htm BD possibly the mark of Bauduin Doyen, a Nessonvaux damascus barrel and gun maker. Found on several Smith guns.
GDH- Gilles Delcour Herket de Fraipont
CC - Lucient Clement, also shows marks as
CC AA & CC LC. On some guns made for Sears.
JP fused - J. Pire & Cie, on an "Etoile" pattern Remington Model 1894 Pigeon Trap
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20p/a%20pire%20gb.htm J superimposed on a D- Jean Duchateau
J.L., usually on the wings of a ladybug, was one trademark for Joseph Janssen.
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20i%20j%20k/a%20janssen%20gb.htm Jean Lejeune of Nessonvaux is known to have supplied 'Oxford Superfine' and 'Boston' damascus.
LD- Dumoulin-Lambinon (1860-1879)
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20d/a%20dumoulin%20gb.htm or L. Drion
http://translate.google.com:80/translate...l%3Den%26sa%3DN Crown over GL in an oval - George Laloux - common on Lefevers with serial numbers 2XXXX range.
Bee with G L on wings after about 1910
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20l/a%20laloux%20georges%20gb.htmJ J in an oval, two letters one with the top of the other and being separated from a horizontal bar and
Crowned JJ. Joseph Joiris of Nessonvaux
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20i%20j%20k/a%20joiris%20gb.htm H.R.F. of Heuse-Riga Fils
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20h/a%20heuse%20gb.htmIthaca Flues model
ADH and a diamond - Arthur-Delvaux-Heuse de Fraipont. Jacques Delvaux and Heuse held a joint patent for the making of damascus, c. 1892. On Lefever and Baker
Crowned HL - Plunger-Lemoine E.
HB could be Heuse-Bovy
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20h/a%20heuse%20gb.htm SC with a crown over - possibly Charles Spirlet, who also used a
Crown over CS and Crown over S. On a Baker
L&T, TAT, TT&C - Theate-Lambin
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/art...amille%20gb.htm 
