That sounds perplexing. Up into early 1915, the No. 1 1/2 had the frame with the roll-stamped dog with company name and a bit of zig-zag border engraving with Damascus barrels, while the Field Grade, No. 1 and the No. 1 Special just had the roll-stamped dog with company name. Field Grade had Smokeless Powder Steel and a half-pistol grip stock. The No. 1 had Twist steel barrels and the No. 1 Special had Cockerill Steel barrels. In mid-1915, Ithaca Gun Co. introduced the bold floral engraving on the No. 1 1/2 and added the option of Krupp Fluid Steel barrels. Perhaps your gun is an early sample of the new style engraving and barrels?
From what I have seen its the earliest Flues I could find with the floral pattern. I also have never seen a a grade 1 with this design and Krupps Steel
what would make it a 1 and not a 1 1/2 ??
