Need help identifying the marker/manufacturer of this shotgun

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I need help identifying this shotgun. All assistance is greatly appreciated.

The pictures show all the identifying manufacturing marks. I haven't seen a manufacturer name located on the shotgun:

It's a 16 gauge, side x side, 28 inch barrels, sidelocks with double triggers. As you can tell by some of the photos the stock isn't original. Bores are nice with no pitting, not Damascus, the blueing, I'm judging about +/- 45%. The breech-barrels locks up tight with really good hammers/firing pins/ triggers function.

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One person I showed it to thinks it could be a Parker, but isn't sure.
 
Made in Belgium as a guild gun for the export market after 1910 and before 1924. Proofed for a service charge of 1 ounce of lead shot and 2 1/2 drams of smokeless powder (Schultze) to produce 1155 fps. Left barrel was originally modified choke. Proof pressure is 882 BAR.
 
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