The tool marked only with a "42" is an armorer's spare... 42 is a previous code for Mauser (before byf) ... but it is still authentic to the period, and it is reasonable that the original tool may have been lost, and replaced with an armorer's spare... Still a FINE example of a late model military Mauser rig.
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