C96 Persian Contract

[Maestro]

i would appreciate clarification on the halo... image A is from your post, image B is one of the untouched mauser, and image C is of the reblued.
is the halo the red arrow in image B? or is this just a double stamp? cause honestly i can't see a halo in image A, unless i'm not looking in the right place.

[Maestro]

Excellent C96 database : http://www.g6csy.net/c96/database.html

[Maestro]

for completeness

Mausers of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire:
http://www.turkmauser.com/models.aspx

The Turkish Mauser Forum:
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearm...m#.UpwD5eJC9y4

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Maestro

is the halo the red arrow in image B? or is this just a double stamp? cause honestly i can't see a halo in image A, unless i'm not looking in the right place.

No. The arrow pointed area was a little bit overstamping. Not halo. Halo was minor discoloration around the edge of the stamp. Before you get comfortable on this, don't put serious $$ into any of those. There are people faking this type of appearance via micro sand blasting.

The Turkish posted was from Ralph M collection as well. The guy chased "completeness", obviously putting the priority of "completeness" in front of "original". He got quite a few rare items. All sold in March.

With Ralph M, Joe S, and Sturgess sold their collections, I am not sure the high tide of "C96 bulk selling" passed in this decade or not. Maybe not, there are many anonymous collectors... we will see in next few years.