Ah, found the pertinent thread:

Just to put a Bernard number with a Hannover retailer. I wonder if H. Scherping acquired the Gesteck and had a Suhl maker to complete it. 1877 for the Bernard tubeset but it was on-hand(Vorratszeichen) in a shop in early 1893.




27134.1877



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Raimey
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