or it could be just an imprint from a vise or other tool.
I've never seen another mark like that, and grip numbers were not commonly obscured.
I doubt it had anything to do with a factory return, grips were replaced in the field or re-used-without regard to the original numbers. JMHO.
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Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie
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