Municipal Police marking

[thunderdawg]

Ed,
I just noticed on the pic you sent a few days ago, the number on the sideplate was low, whereas mine is slightly above the middle. Actually, the bottom of the two numbers looks to be right in the middle, top to bottom. When I can get pix of this I will show you how mine looks. However, is the vertical location evidence of this being a police sideplate or not?

One more thing I noticed is the little pin in the sear safety (Schiwy Sicherung) is missing. Maybe this happens in an 80-year old gun, or maybe it was removed by someone who had a non-police sideplate. The sear bar does have a hole in it to accept the pin, if it were there.

With all the correct parts intact and in place, how does the pin ride up on top of the sideplate when the action cycles? Is there a ramp surface on the topside of the police sideplate?