1917 Death Head

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by jared427

But what about the over stampings and the X over the last eagle? Also the X with a line thru it on the trigger guard?

The gun was rebarreled at some point and had a Crown/N commercial firing proof applied. It is this same Crown/N that is over the last eagle on the right side of the reciever. I think I see what you mean by an X over the eagle, but I can't make out if it is an X or just an artifact of the striking of the eagle. The X on the trigger guard has a line beside it not thru it. You find several examples of Imperial inspector's marks with Crown over Fraktur letters having lines either below or beside the marking. It isn't known (at least not to me) what the line indicates, but some surmise that it is an additional mark made by a supervisor or an indication of a relook by the inspector.