Doug,
nice find and a great price. Getting a nice profit on the gun you sold and then buying this item was your lucky day. I hope that you bought a lottery ticket on the way from that gun show.
Just my opinionm and I could be wrong, but I don't think that there were repros on the type 1 Trommel magazines. This summer I was able to compare my brothers type 2 repro with my type 1 and while physically comparing the two I could see the differences clearly. The most obvious difference was that the repro had arc welding on the spine. Arc welding did not exist during WW1. The lack of quality on the cut edges of the drum were also pretty clear. If you get a chance to compare, do it. You will see what I mean.
Big Norm
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