Marechal Ruchon & Cie.

Marechal Ruchon & Cie. was a company owned by Auguste Marechal and Ferdinand Ruchon ("& Cie" is the french equivalent of "& Co") which owned the GBD brand from the end of the 19th century until 1902 when they sold Marechal, Ruchon & Cie. to Oppenheimer Pipe, which in turn changed the name of the company to Marechal, Ruchon & Co., Ltd.. Upon the creation of Cadogan, however, the brand was no more, remembered only in the name of the GBD Marcee pipes made until just after the Second World War.

For more information see GBD.

• Various examples
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  Bruyere bowl (with GBD in oval), silver band, horn stem

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  Detail fo the silver band: GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares

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  GBD France (Marechal, Ruchon & Co. Ltd)

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  Detail fo the silver band: GBD in oval and letters M, R, Co, LTD in one big rectangle (note the similarity between this photo and the next one and, on the other side, the difference between these two photos and the others - also the font of "GBD" is different)

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  GBD in oval and letters M, R, Co, LTD in one big rectangle

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  GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares

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  GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares

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  MARCEE DE LUXE (Marechal Ruchon & Co. Ltd)

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  MARCEE DE LUXE (Marechal Ruchon & Co. Ltd)

• Marcee example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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