Friedrich Peyer im Hof [SEP] position held
Friedrich Peyer im Hof
Johann Friedrich Peyer im Hof (18 June 1817, Schaffhausen – 18 May 1900) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council (1859/1860).
Waggon Fabrik, or, in English, Swiss Wagon Factory. The company was founded in 1853 by Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser, and Johann Conrad Neher. In 1860, a state-of-the-art rifle of their creation won a competition held by Switzerland's Federal Ministry of Defence, resulting in the award of a contract to produce 30,000 Prelaz-Burnand rifles. The Prélaz-Burnand 1859 was invented by gunsmith Jean-Louis Joseph Prélaz and forestry inspector Colonel Ėdouard Burnand (father of prolific Swiss