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Raimey, I cannot imagine that this was the case in 1954.... Germany was not allowed to only make guns until 1956 and in Suhl = DDR there were much more restrictions. Even more reason to send it on to Liege. I wouldn't doubt the receiver to be a pre-WWII Krieghoff offering....... Seeing the back of the locks, the buttplate & what's under it along w/ the other tubeset might net some answers. Cheers, Raimey rse
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OK, looked at the action flats AGAIN
has both Belgium AND German proofmarks
What fun, what fun
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The only way those German proofmarks could be legitimate is if the receiver is a pre-WWII offering.
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Wish I could see the German marks better, and maybe find a date code 
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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For the date-code, you are going to need the original tubeset.
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I received a reply from Krieghoff. They say the gun was made by them in 1939. Obviously, it has been rebarrelled since. Maybe a WWII souvenir?
Skeettx, thank you for the contact information.
Last edited by SXS 40; 07/20/18 09:55 PM.
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Well, that confirms some suspicions. Possibly a WWII trophy but I would think it stayed in Europe till the rebarrel. It is possible that a GI poked it in a duffel and brought just the receiver home. Then spending quite a deal of money, he had the additional tubesets made in Liege. Maybe he was stationed in Europe and more easily sent it to Liege?? Any history on the previous custodian?
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Received a further response from Krieghoff today. I quote “ the gun looks like really good”. It has been identified as a model MONACO II, Pigeon gun. The response included some documents which I will add to this post tomorrow
, all in German, so I have almost no idea what they say. It looks like this gun was the most expensive model with the arabesque engraving.
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@SXS 40: I would like to have a look at those German documents..!
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