Greatly appreciate the responses!
Igorrock, yes I the only difference between mine and the pictured ones are that there is nothing within the oval other than that they appear the same. Hole spacing is 3 1/4" center to center. Any idea on how I might obtain? -kuduae, you are correct in that and a call to Merkel confirmed this however greatly wanted to avoid this if at all possible even if I would have to settle for a small difference in the fit. Thank you