Eagle J stamping

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Herb:
<strong>Unless I have missed something in the threads these markings are found in Costanzo's book in the Eagle Evolution portion on page 127, items 239 & 240. He describes these as -- eagle N is a 1940 independent nitro proof placed on firearms by local gunshops and gunsmiths in Germany to conform with the 1940 proof mark laws. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">The E/N and E/J proofs were established under the 1939 law as I've indicated in my post above. They were not used, however, until 1940 according to Walter in "The Luger Story". From pages 215 & 216 of Walter's book comes this: "The new proof act was drafted late in 1938 and approved by the German Parliament on 7th June 1939, though the new marks - including 'eagle/N' - were not used until 1st April, 1940." This statement coincides with the data in the "Standard Dictionary of Proof Marks".