Crown/O Acceptance on Erfurts only?

[Don M]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

The mark you picture is identified as F on p.463 of the Sturgess "red edition".

Dwight, I have looked at that and examined the stamping on my pistol. I concur with Ron about the lack of an upper left serif on my mark. I also blew up the photo on p. 463 and note that the horizontal bar on the F does not extend across the middle of the character although one of the illustrations shows it continuous but slanted. Mine is continuous and horizontal.

I also note that the O in G&S does not look anything like the O in the G&W Handbuch. I don't know why.

Since Still's list showing the existence of "O" stamps on many Erfurts was compiled before the publication of the G&S book, he and those submitting data must have used the representation in earlier references so I expect my id of my mark as O is consistent with theirs.

How the heck did Germans read this stuff?