A year or so ago I acquired a prewar Merkel drilling with top tang safety and a "Swedish Switcher" barrel selector. I put it up for sale on Gunbroker and I received an inquiry from a gentleman who lives in Norway. Apparently he had acquired a vintage post-war Merkel catalog that featured pre-war order sheets of Merkel products. Somehow he noticed the resemblance of my gun to the vintage order sheet and inquired about the serial number. Indeed it is the same gun. He just sent me a better photocopy of the order sheet so I can now read the words, but I can't understand it. If anyone can translate as much as possible about the order sheet, I would be very grateful. Below is a link to the order sheet, one photo of the gun, and a link to the entire album on the gun. I believe that the gun was restocked left handed and restored to new condition by Paul Jaeger, late of Jenkintown, PA.
http://s396.photobucket.com/user/Vol423/slideshow/Merkel%2016%209374R%20Drilling 
