It does have the serial number 1471 in the correct place under the barrel in the same stamp font as the number on the front of the frame.
It has the date 1914 stamped on the top of the barrel in a small but different font. There is no proof on the barrel of this gun and most of my other 1906 contract Lugers such as the Brazilian also do not have such a crown/N barrel proof but the Brazilian does have a Brazillian barrel proof.
Kenyon does not mention a barrel proof for the first contract 1906 Dutch in Lugers at Random although he does mention barrel proofs on later models.
Bas J Martens & Guus de Vries on page 158 of thier book "The Dutch Luger" also state that the guns delivered prior to WW1 only had the Dutch acceptance mark a Crown over W on the side of the reciever. The guns were not subject to the German proof law of 1891 if they were accepted by a foreign military authority.
I am now a bit confused, should it have a crown/N ?
Regards
Murray
