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FLUSS STAHL = Fluid steel, i.e., not Damascus or other twist.
KRUPP ESSEN = Major big German steel company. They surely made the steel, they may have made the barrels, but did not likely build the gun.
If you cannot find a maker's name on it, it is probably a Guild Gun made by independent craftsmen working on different pieces and parts for final assembly and sale.
Take the barrels off the action and look at the proof marks on the bottom of the barrels and the action flats. They will give a rough date and might have the maker's or distributor's name. I have a hammerless double with "Verney Carron", a well known French gunmaker still in business in tiny print on the bottom of one barrel. No other sign of origin except French proof marks.
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