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I can tell you who this example was not made by & that is August Wolf of Suhl as this example was made in Zella Sankt Blasii-Mehlis area. And this example dates exactly to the end of WWI so Zella - Mehlis may have been consolidated by the time of the date of proof.

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S in a Chevron denotes tube sourcing from the Schilling forge. Indeed, Wilhelm Kelber did use a script WK but not like this one. August Wolf would not have sent his wares to the Z-M proofhouse unless there was a renovation @ the Suhl proof facility, which was about 3 years later. Z-M used a ledger number as the last number in their proof sequence & it notes the total number passed for that month.

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Subject sporting weapon with Zella Sankt Blasii - Mehlis mechanic WK initials.




Wilhelm Kebler Suhl mechanic initials.

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What's now?, nothing to q.e.d.

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No q.e.d. or quid pro quo, only that WK initials in Suhl does not equal WK initials in Zella-Mehlis. From the images, they are not the same, run them thru an optical correlator.

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Also, Wilhelm Kelber's initials of WK seldom if ever have punctuation.

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