rooster steel is quite common on ordinary belgian pieces like this one. more prestigious steel like: poldi-anticorro, exelsior whitten or sir jos whitworths fcs is mostly found on better quality guns. the crest on the barrel looks out of place on that peasant gun. perhaps it belonged to grounds keeper at some central or eastern euro estate. the master must have been quite a screwge!
PS. i did see rooster steel on better quality blne with name 'populaire' engraved on the trigger plate. luvly lil' 16ga built on 20ga frame,......light as a feather. too bad previous owner had chambers punched out to 70mm.
