Ok this question has been asked before, - here is the Monkey riding the Lion on barrel flats: (PT so post 1900. Chambered in cm so between 1900 and 1912): My feeling is Ronchard-Cizeron was long gone by 1930 so the Lion/Monkey should not be his mark?
-- (Looks like it reads
"Canons Gallia" "Marque Deposee")
-- According to this post, Canons Gallia was a marque of Berthon Frères: "Berthon Frères, fabricants d'armes a St Etienne de 1900 à 1910. Successeurs de la Maison Martin Gerest. Dépôt de deux marques de fabrique le 26 avril 1912 pour platine "Perfecta"et une autre. Deux autres dépôts le 11 juin 1912
pour canons "Gallia" et carabine "La Lorraine". Devient en 1922 Laspoussas-Berthon & Cie, puis Laspoussas & Driol en 1923. L'entreprise a existé jusqu'en 1950."
The problem with this scenario is the 6.5 chamber above. Chambering in cm went out in 1912, thus a trademark established in Jun 1912 would be just on the cusp of the changeover - unless it was used informally before.
Here was the comment at the time:
"Fanget & Cie had a trademark of a Dragon on a Broom."
Also:
"It would seem that R*C( Joseph Ronchard - Cizeron) used more than one trademark type animal. I thumbed thru a number of examples and the Rampant Rabbit goes hand in hand with Choke Bored Perfectionné(something like advanced constriction??) while the Lion is also seen on R*C(Joseph Ronchard - Cizeron) examples in tandem with the Rampant Rabbit."
Rampant Bunny logo of Ronchard-Cizeron:
