Did Merkel just let the engravers decide which engraving pattern they wanted to do (if not a special order) or did certain engravings go with certain gauge/choke/barrel length combinations? I notice most contain a dog, combi's had game (stag, reh, etc), and on occasion some shotguns had a fox albeit that one seems a tad less common. Ive also noticed some engraving is exceptional and some borders on Spanish-gun cartoon engraving. I imagine some engravers were masters and some were apprentice engravers...
Either way I'd love to hear any information anyone has on the matter...
