The numbers and rounded edges on the side plate are the big indicators here. Also the numbers on the takedown lever MAY be a bit faint (buffed). The straw coloring is extremely nice, suspiciously nice, actually.
We would like to see good close-ups of the lower numbers, barrel and front of frame, for exam. for "halos".
As for value, it is worth exactly what someone with money will pay for it, no more and no less. If I had to venture a guess, I can only say that I'd not want to be in at much over $1200, and probably closer to $1000.
I see the property stamp of 1920 as clouding a gun's pedigree, not necessarily inhancing it. I'd pay more for a pure WW1 gun than a double stamp.
But these are just my opinions.
dju
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