Doc,
The photo is not quite clear for me to be 100% sure...
But the left most stamping is a single +/M in an oval cartouche...the right hand one is the same size as the other...so I assume it is also a +/M...
The other cross/shield Swiss lugers (prior to 1913 Muhlemann's inspection career beginning) had a single "+" followed by some with a "+" and a "+/V" stamping...I do not think I see a +/V on this luger at RIA...
Its serial number of 14924 places it after mine with 14770 and in line with other double +/M stamped lugers...
I have not seen or have any luger reported with only a single +/M stamping...so it may be that when Muhlemann came on the scene, he used the double stamping exclusively to the end of the cross/shield run and then switched to a single +/M stamping on the '24 Bern lugers...
If anyone is looking for a double stamped +/M luger, it would certainly be worth a call to the RIA folks on the phone...
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