The engraving pattern in question here was the "standard" A.H. Fox Gun Co. D-/DE-Grade engraving pattern from late 1906 to 1913. Here is a picture from a 1907 "Campfire" catalogue --



The very earliest D-/DE-Grades had the "banner style" engraving similar to the very early C-/CE-Grades --



From The Double Gun Journal, Volume Nine, Issue 3.

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