It's quite a distance, say 500km, between Graz, Austria to Nrnberg, Germany, so I think this Lechner was a descendant of Hans Lechner, who it appears was better known for his Buchel Scheibenwaffen or target arms from Nrnberg(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg ), which was a focal center for trading since at least the time of the Roman Empire. Hans Lechner was active in the Bundesfest and placed 4th for the stand target in July 15-22 of 1906 in Munich. Target arms with his name atop the rib date to the beginning of WWI with some having Franz Ernst H. Georg Lechner?. After the war the name Georg Lechner of Nurnberg appears atop the rib of target arms sometimes with Franz Ernst as Inh. or Inhaber or proprietor. So Hans and Franz might have been in a business or Franz picked up the pieces after WWII with Georg's talent. It has one of the longest toplevers I've seen. Images of all the marks will point to the maker or area of the mechanic's shop.
Interesting waffenhndler J. Michalek Berlin on the left lock.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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