canvasback,

Welcome! Glad you decided to join in That is a great gun you have there.
We would love to see pictures of your guns. Have you figured out if that lockup is a Pieper patent?

This will get you started on the images:
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...ge=1#Post148935

I know that the Diana's came in various grades. Some were very plain. I have "heard" of one that had "Henri Pieper" woven into the damascus, but have never seen it.

Pete

http://www.damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html