Congratulations, you have one of the few E-series around. FYI, I have E609.
The E-series was produced fairly early in the First Swiss contract. They were used for various purposes among which was training. They were also used as presentation pieces to various officials were were instrumental in the Swiss awarding this contract to DWM as well as prizes, awards, etc. Thus there is speculation about what the "E" stands for as several German words could apply.
Most of the E-series guns were eventually integrated into service. They were refurbished and renumbered with an A-prefix.
These guns, along with the A-prefix guns are a neat, but small variation in the history of the Swiss military.
Hope this helps. Bobba talks about this variation in his book and there have been a couple of articles in Swiss/German collector magazines about them.
John
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