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Unread 05-25-2012, 09:38 PM   #10
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I think that it is the exceptional condition and the flash / LED flash lighting that made me question the original finish. Glad to see consensus is that it's original.

It looks like the Bavarians setup a quasi-police unit after WW-I to act as a "home guard". There is a German language Wiki page about them that you can run through Google Translate at:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnerwehr

http://translate.google.com/translat...FEinwohnerwehr


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