Mike, my father talked about seeing pictures of works the engraver and family had done for royality, especially for those hunting in India. I've had some discussions with collectors of german guns and they are the ones who called it a "best gun". Given that it was proofed 950 and my father telling me that the engraver could no longer get gold for inlay's, like he wanted, I think it is a unusal gun for the time period. For sure not the usual guild gun.