gewerre verdin munchen musket

[Falconer]

Has anyone ever heard of the above name? I recently found a .73 caliber cap and ball musket with what appears to be "gewerre verdin munchen" on the lock. I haven't been able to find it on the Internet at all???

 

[Irish lad]

Gewehr is German for rifle.
Munchen is Munich, in Bavaria.
Perhaps Verdin is the maker.
Irish

 

[Falconer]

Thanks Irish... that much I knew but, it appears to be gewerre and not gewher, and I haven't been able to find anything about the maker?

 

[Irish lad]

Thanks Irish... that much I knew but, it appears to be gewerre and not gewher, and I haven't been able to find anything about the maker?

I will ask my daughter. She did her PhD in Munich and lived there for six years.
Irish

 

[Irish lad]

She thinks the first r is likely supposed to be an h and is either worn or was not struck deeply enough.
Gewerre has to do with the Law of the Land in that era.
Craftsmen were sponsored by a ruler so that a uniform standard of work could be encouraged.
This marking could be a certificate of such an arrangement.
In the end, who knows.
Irish

 

[Falconer]

Thanks Irish...any little piece of info could send me in the right direction.

 

[DaveC]

Can you post a picture of this Gewehre Verdin München marking?