Well how about that. Nice tid-bit of vital info. And Mr. Truchsess is the chocolatier, you've mentioned prior, who had the German Luftwaffe as a client? So maybe the penmanship was poor and "Epl" was supposed to be "E.Spl" for Edgar Strempel or Eblen? With Eblen taking the order, it still supports the theory that the bulk of the work on almost any German sporting weapon was performed either in Suhl or Zella-Mehlis. Otherwise it just didn't make economic sense.
Mike Ford has an interesting Meffert dreiläufer rebarrel post WWII.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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