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Once again, Bchsenmacher Antoni/Antonio/Anthony/Antony Bensmann in Ldinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany escapes me for a time. Must have been an obscure firearms merchant in business for a short period of time. Also, may have been an outlet for Jules Pire & Compagnie? I wonder where Wolfgang is with the 1926 city directory for Ldinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany? I would hazard a guess that a Kommuniqu to Waffen Koch in Ldinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany might net some info?
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......A note with the gun mentioned they were an importer for Western Field, 1935-1945..... The top rib is marked Ant. Bensmann Ludinghaussen I. Westf.
I for one would like to see said note also. Many times, & I suspect Jules Pire & Compangie was doing similar by supplying folks in the Congo w/ flintlocks or the like, a shell compangies was set up for import/export and was little more than a staging area for wares that were made upon the backs of the unsung mechanics in certain gunmaking centres like Liege, Suhl, Zella Sankt Blasii - Mehlis. Cheers, Raimey rse
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Raimey: We are in Germany and so it would be "Anton"! ☺️ In the 1928 directory there was no Bensmann in Ldinghausen. Nevertheless I would like to see the inscript on the barrel....
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Wolfgang:
I knew I was close but not spot on w/ Ant..... Ole Anton Bensmann in Ldinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany is most elusive.....
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Raimey,
I am curious about the note too, especially about the listed dates. When I went to school, I heard we were having pretty poor relationships between US and Germany 1941-45.
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Raimey:Anton is the short form for Antonius and the shortest form is Toni....
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Ford:
I was unaware that you were in highschool in the early 1940s. How long were you there?
Wolfgang:
Yes, all the variants I posted were all based on the Roman/Latin Antonius. For some reason Axel E. made some statement about a first name variant that a German would not have been named after a Pope? Not sure that bucket holds any water & is full of holes?
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Raimey: Why shouldn't Germans named after a pope? I know many who are and to be precise, the pope as well as them all are named after saints.
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I concur one hundred times over. I was chasing the Western Field(Montgomery Wards) aspect of the purported note and see that Iver Johnson there. Iver Johnson was the Simson & Co. importer to the U.S. of A. in the mid 1920s. So as a very longshot, there could have been some contorted Montgomery Wards Western Field - Iver Johnson - German maker link? A very long shot in high winds & a limb in the way, but it might be possible. https://gun-data.com/Montgomery_ward_firearms.htmlCheers, Raimey rse
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Raimey,
I wasn't in High School in the early 40s, but the interesting thing about History is that you can learn about things that happened before you were born. Of course, you have to pay attention, which is easy when the History teacher is a Wounded Warrior from WW2, and your football coach that takes you duck hunting after school.
Mike
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