I have a German Best Gun 16ga. double that my father had custom made in 1950 Berlin. He was USAF and stationed there for the airlift. I posted pictures and questions here in 2002 and received some good info. Howevedr, I have still not determined who the engraver was. My father told of seeing many pictures of guns done by this man and his family for royality dating way back so I feel his work is well known to someone. At the time this gun was made the Russians had pretty much shutdown the quality gun making trade. After delivering this gun to my father the man return to the Russian side and was to return later with a second set of barrels for the gun. He was never heard from again by my father. I suspect he has left some kind of mark hidden in the engraving that would ID his work to the trained eye and keep the Russian authorities from seeing it. Does anyone have a idea how a engraver might hide his mark? Thanks
