FOUND IT! I went digging thru all my old pipe junk and found the sock it came in. To my surprise i found the box end down in the sock bottom!
L.J. Georges; so the maker placed his first and middle initial on either side of the G which represents his last name. No wonder it was confusing! I think I paid about $80 for it at the time on an eBay bid...guess I got a good deal!
Here's the lowdown from Pipedia:
L.J. Georges
From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
L.J. Georges is the brand and name of French artisan Lucien Jassois Georges from Corsica. The origins of the brand go back to the 1920s, when his grandfather, Victor Georges founded the Riveriera Briar Pipe Company, which exported briar. The company was sold in 1975, but Lucian took the artisan's path as a profession, having first studied pipe making from the Dane Sven Knudsen.
