Mehul,

Thank you for your blessing for my father. My father was a United States Marine and had a mixed tour of duty towards the end of WW2 and a couple years after. Besides a stint as part of the occupation force in Japan he had spent time in Morocco, Turkey, and Palestine. He said the geometric pattern and simple swirls reminded him of designs he has seen in Morocco. After looking at other art from that region I have believed that he was on to something. It sounds like you are thinking much the same. I haven't seen another German gun engraved like this, thus far, but it wouldn't surprise me to see another someday agreeing with you that the Europeans had been spending many years touring the Middle East. I have yet to positively identify the crest engraved on the top lever but I'll continue my research in between other projects.

I have to apologize to NE for posting this in a double rifles section of the forum. After I confirmed the post I noticed that there is another section for single shot and combination guns further down on the list, oops. I'm not sure how to move it at this point.

As this project progresses I'll take pictures for the forum.

Regards,

Mark