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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???
 
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?
 
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
 
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