Digging a bit deeper, a Suhl mechanic by the name Leonhard Lahaye is included in the owners and when one searches even more, Arnold Lahaye surfaces and hung out his gunmaking shingle in 1852. Arnold Lahaye was probably the father of Leonhard Lahaye and the Lahayes were a longtime family in Suhl w/ close ties to Liège where the Lahaye's found patent protection for a „Spiralfederschlosse“ / Spiral Lock contraption under Belgian #121257 - May 6th, 1896. So not only was Römerwerke Waffenfabrik / Röhmer-Werke a formidable shop / weapons making centre but also had close ties to the Belgian mechanics, where Römerwerke Waffenfabrik / Röhmer-Werke could at a minimum source barrel blanks from Liège.
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