Paul Mauser event in Liège – Belgium

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Dear Fellow Collectors,

It is my pleasure to inform you and to invite you to a major Mauser history event planned for Saturday, 21st of April in Liège - Belgium.

The event covers details of Paul Mauser‘s life, the Company, firearms development and Mauser’s impact on military firearms production.

The event also celebrates the fact that last year, 2017, was the 150-year anniversary of the Mauser brothers move from Oberndorf to Liège. They spent about 3 years in Liège, working under the supervision of Samuel Norris on an improvement of the Chassepot needle rifle, adopting it to fire metallic cartridge. In these three years, the foundation of the design of the future Mauser Model 71 rifle was established.

The Mauser relationship with Belgium and Liège continued with an important contract finalized in 1889 with the Belgian government for the furniture of the Model 89 rifle and, as a consequence, the establishment of the FN Company in Herstal (Liège).

Of course, several major topics will be discusses in the presentation, with part of the event focusing on Mauser revolvers and pistols.

All the information will be explained through the use of original documents available in the Paul Mauser and Mauser company archives (www.paul-mauser-archive.com).

The meeting is organized in the Liège Arms Museum, which contains one of the biggest firearms collection in Europe (http://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-the...seum-at-liege/).

Attached you can find a brochure that provide more information and you can use it also to subscribe for tickets to the event.
Should you have any question or you need any help for logistics support, please feel free to contact us at the following email address: mauser.archive@gmail.com

We would like to thank Marc Erickson for his support of this event, including presentation of excerpts from the documentary film, “The Legacy of Paul Mauser”.

Best regards,
Mauro Baudino, Gerben van Vlimmeren