First off, please do not rely on Aarron Davis's book. It is full of misinformation, among which is the aforementioned "1920 Swiss". There is no such beast; there are Swiss-market pistols reported between 1920-1930, but Davis's lumping these together under this misleading category does no favors for a discerning collector. (In obsolescent collector terms this pistol would be considered a "1923 commercial", but that is a topic for another soap box.)
It would be interesting to examine this pistol. The Swiss cross is obviously fake, as you have noted. The sear bar is wrong for a grip safety, the relief is cut the wrong direction. There is no return spring for the grip safety, it would be interesting to see how the grip safety itself is adapted. Whoever made this up knew enough to include a Swiss-type front sight.
There are no Swiss-market pistols, or indeed any grip-safety commercial pistols, reported anywhere near this gun's serial number range.
Could you please post a link to this gun's whereabouts?
--Dwight
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