| kuduae |
| (.400 member) |
| 30/03/18 10:55 PM |
Re: Verification wanted
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What can you tell us about the 'double headed eagle' proof on the barrel of the OP's MS?
This eagle for primary proof was used only for a short time, from 1938 to 1940. After the "Anschluss" it replaced the single headed eagle with hammer and sickle in the claws, the symbol of the 1918 - 1938 Austrian republic. From 1940 to 45 the Vienna, Ferlach and Weipert proofhouses used the then new German proofmarks.