There's info on Loesche around here somewhere but this is either a Dreyse sideswing or a variant by either Burkhard Behr or Friedrich Stendebach, which both had these bulky actions from the early 1900s till probably just after WWI. I'll have to look but I believe Dreyse was the only one with the sideswing and the other 2 only had tip-up versions. Below is a similar drilling with Emil Kerner's name atop and I assume it was made in Suhl but it is possible it was made at Heinrich Ehrhardt's concern in Sömmerda. Either way, I think yours was proofed in Suhl between 1912 & 1923.
It all began with Johann Christian Nicholaus/Nicolaus von Dreyse(Nov. 22nd, 1787-Dec. 9th, 1867) of Sömmerda and then Franz Karl Rudolf von Dreyse(1822-1894) and then Rheinische Metallwaaren-und Maschinenfabrik, Heinrich Ehrhardt's concern. The Dreyse concern was reorganized by Lieutenant Nicholas von Dreyse(grandson) in 1899 and then in 1901 it merged with Heinrich Ehrhardt's firm.
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Raimey
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