Steven, lovely to have you in our merry band. The London marks are typical and not atypical for the the late 1870s and 1880s. Liege hadn't fully integrated mechanization while Germany was trying to transition to fluid steel, emulate the British in an effort to find their self-identity. I believe the Germans saw the dim light of the patterned welded tubes at the end of the effort tunnel. May have been cheaper to source the Brits than make ti themselves?? The Brits had folks in power thru-out the continent. It may have been fashionable to have what they thought were London tubes, but were more than likely Birmingham pattern welded tubes pushed thru the London proofhouse. The London marks can be found on many of the top firearms merchant of that period.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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