Jason:

I might be wrong, but I believe that Abercrombie and Fitch, who had been around since the 1890's, BOUGHT VL and D in 1929 or 1930.

The gun may very well be a Francotte and yes, I will bet dollars to doughniuts that it is worth more than the case, and that even if plain, its a nice gun.

I will bid TWO cases.

I hope to hear more about this. Pics would be nice.

Regards

GKT

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