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Vlim · 05-01-2010, 05:42 AM

About Böhler:

This Austrian steel company (which still exists today) was a family owned business until the early 1900s. A group of German investors gained control of the company and opened a local branch in Germany.

Members of the board were some remarkable characters, like Isidor Loewe (owner of Loewe / DWM / Mauser / FN in those days) and Baron Paul von Gontard, general manager of DWM.

Although the Böhler family regained control after Loewe's death, it seems that Böhler remained at least one of the barrel steel deliverers for quite some time. In a 1945 CIOS report on Mauser one of the deliverers mentioned was Böhler.

05-01-2010, 05:42 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	About Böhler: This Austrian steel company (which still exists today) was a family owned business until the early 1900s. A group of German investors gained control of the company and opened a local branch in Germany. Members of the board were some remarkable characters, like Isidor Loewe (owner of Loewe / DWM / Mauser / FN in those days) and Baron Paul von Gontard, general manager of DWM. Although the Böhler family regained control after Loewe's death, it seems that Böhler remained at least one of the barrel steel deliverers for quite some time. In a 1945 CIOS report on Mauser one of the deliverers mentioned was Böhler.