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Unread 06-10-2011, 06:52 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Ron Wood View Post
Check out the Cyrillic alphabet. The "5" with its little ball terminus is also a bit like an Eastern European style. It could be totally bogus or it might be an Eastern European rework of some sort.
...And the 'crown' that looks like a bunch of bananas???...

OK, it's legitimate, and I'm wrong...So, what's the answer to the OP's question "is it comm or mil. is it a 1908 test/accep model?" ???

(I think we can all agree that it is a rework...of one kind or another)

[Edited by postino, who is no expert on anything, and may well be an idiot]
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