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Unread 09-20-2011, 02:42 PM   #32
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The grips are probably replacements. Others know more than I about these.

The short answer about the 1920 property stamp is that it was ordered to be applied to government-owned weapons in 1920 to distinguish them from privately owned weapons during the disarmament of the German people after WWI. For it to appear on a gun that was manufactured several years later is rare but not unkown.
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