Replacement barrel- Norwegian? or ?

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Looking at the picture zoomed, I'm not so sure if that "E" is really an "E".

Waiting for the "real" experts to drop by.

Depends on how you look at it,
I first thought it was something else.

But at the right angle I'm convinced it is an "E".
It appears that it was struck at a slight angle, with the upper right
arm deeper than the lower left corner.

But then, I've been wrong before!