Belgian Pinfire Revolver ID help?

[walldj45]

I locally bought an old revolver. It appears to be a pinfire black powder revolver. It is single action only and appears to be ~45 caliber. The only markings are on the right side in front of the cylinder. They read this:
BREVETE
SGDG
*ER*










It appears very similar to some Belgian french (Lefaucheux) pin-fires i see online. If anyone could provide help with Maker, value, age or rarity it would be helpful.

 

[BHP FAN]

Stonewall Jackson had one very similar, it's on page 298 of Confederate Longarms and Pistols by Hill and Anthony,and it's called a Lefaucheux Brevette.

 

[walldj45]

I do not have access to that book, do you have the picture?

 

[Jim K]

What is the marking on the cylinder? It looks like a Liege oval, but the pics are too blurry to tell. "Brevete" just means "patented"; SGDG means "Sans Garantie du Gouvernment" a marking required on French guns but also seen on Belgian guns made to be sold in France.

That gun looks like a breaktop. I don't recall seeing a pinfire breaktop and wonder, if it is, whether you could show us how it opens.

Jim

 

[walldj45]

The marking is a crown with two small wings/spear/? underneath it. I tried to get a good pic of it but i cant with my cell phone. Just looked at the gun and opened it. The protrusion under the barrel screws off and the gun opens. I have the cylinder off. Inside the gun is a 5 point star and the number 4.