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Roedl, Heinrich- Prague
Romerwerk & The Becker Revolving Shotgun
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Sauer, J.P.- Photo Gallery
Sauer, J.P. Text
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Scheer, Robert- Sommerfeld
Scheiring, Herbert- Ferlach
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Schilling in Zella-Mehlis
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Steigleder, Ernst of Berlin
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Suhl History, Photographs & Notgelds, etc.
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Timpe, Johann Friedrich of Berlin
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Triebel family- Suhl
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Will- Oscar, Ernst Leo, Julius & Venus Waffenwerk
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Winter, Oscar-Hannover
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Wolf, Albert Wilhelm of Suhl
Zauner, Karl- Ferlach
Ziegenhahn & Sohn
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Importers and Dealers in America
Adolph, Fred
Daly, Charles-Importer, Text
Gun Makers & Importers Broadway, NY
Hollender, Frederick W.- New York
Singer, Joseph- Los Angeles, Ca.
Sloan’s Sporting Goods-New York
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Vogt, Henry- Chicago, Ill.
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