Dwight,
Costanzo not withstanding, those Crowns superimposed over Roman numerals denote Royal Bavarian Army Corps I, II, & III.
I have never heard of them being faked, but have over the years run into several holsters with the mark that were in unissued condition. I surmise this was because they were stored in Muenchen and simply never got sent to the front.
Tom A.
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