P H Coune Webley Style Revolver P H Coune Webley Style Revolver .455 Webley Revolver

A deactivated .455 top-break revolver in the style of the Webley Service Revolver, made by Philippe Counet of Liège, Belgium.

Counet was a Liège-registered gunmaker and prolific inventor who operated from Saint-Rémy and later from 53 rue Monulphe, Liège, filing 16 patents between 1871 and 1901. He was a known producer of Webley-inspired top-break revolvers, working alongside firms including Auguste Francotte. Revolvers of this type would typically carry Liège proof house marks — the ELG oval acceptance stamp and the controller's countermark — and the Counet maker's stamp.

The Webley Service Revolver itself was adopted by the British Army in 1915 and became the definitive British service sidearm of the First World War, carried by officers, NCOs, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy. Firing the .455 cartridge, the design features a top-break, double and single action mechanism with simultaneous star ejection of all six chambers on opening — a fast and reliable system well-suited to the demands of active service. The Mk VI remained in Commonwealth service through the Second World War.

This Counet-made example is deactivated and held on a current UK deactivation certificate, making it a legal and historically significant display piece.