Pictures 1, 2: The grip plates do not extend all the way to the edges of the grip frames.
Picture 3: The front sight is not fire blued.
Picture 4: The front toggle pin is not fire blued. The recesses of the checking in the takedown lever are polished bright and freshly strawed into their recesses.
Picture 5. The checking in the thumb safety lever is polished bright and strawed to its depth. The safety indication is polished beyond its routed edge. The grip cutout for the thumb safety lever is offset from the lever itself.
Picture 13: The DWM inscription apprears slightly "weak".
Picture 22: The GERMANY stamp has no halo. (Barrel serial numbers on these guns do not usually display halo.)
These features indicate to me that this gun has been refinished and the grips are not original and not DWM-made. There are other features, suggested by the photographs, which would require hands-on examination to confirm.
That said, this is a rather nice restoration, and a very early gun (sn 2121). If it goes for a moderate price it will be a good deal.
--Dwight
Ron beat me to it.
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