Anciens Etablissements Pieper is an weapons manufacturer in Belgium. It was established as Henri Pieper in Herstal, Belgium in the year 1884. It was renamed as Nicolas Pieper in 1898.
Not very easy, but, possible.
Manufactured in Belgium by Ancien Etablissments Pieper, 1905-1957.
I have one
Royal Damascus was a mark used by Ancien Etablisment Pieper of Herstal, Belgium, c. 1890-1914. T Barker is usually dismissed as "just another Belgian clunker", but with a silver escution and engraving, yours is probably better than the average utility shotgun from the period. I have heard that T Barker was a hardware outlet in California, but have no proof of that.
What is the value of a H Pieper double barrel shotgun and hiory All it says on the gun is h pieper Belgium's has two hammers...?it in 12ga 32/40
What is the value of a H Pieper double barrel shotgun and hiory All it says on the gun is h pieper Belgium's has two hammers...?it in 12ga 32/40
look up Ferdnand Hanquet and Henri Pieper on the internet , sounds like your gun came from Leige Belgium in the mid 1800s
If that "small figure of a man?" is a knight in armor, you probably have a Bayard manufactured by Henri Pieper or Anciens Etablissments Pieper in Belgium.
50-100 USD
You read most of the information available right there on the gun. "Acier" just means "Steel" in French. Bayard, the mounted knight, and Demi Bloc are trademarks of the manufacturer, Anciens Etablissments Pieper (1905-1957) in Herstal, Belgium. The 32 gauge shell had a diameter of .501 and length of 2.5 inches. 3 inch shells were also available but few guns were chambered for this length and no 32 gauge shells are available in the US. They may still be found in Europe, but will probably be called 14 MM instead of 32 gauge.
The circled ELG is a proofmark indicating manufacture in Belgium. If there is a crown above this mark, it would indicate proof testing after 1893, and if not it would have been earlier. Could the UMG be UMC instead? That could stand for Union Machine Company, a trade name used by Henri Pieper, Herstal, Belgium, 1877-1898.
Not possible to answer- first, there is not enough of a description of your gun. Second, Pieper was in business in Belgium from 1866 to 1950. Their records were "disturbed" by 2 World Wars.