Lovely example of the Suhl mechanics. It is possible that Adolph performed the stock work but I'm confident that all other aspects were completed in Suhl and the sporting weapon experienced proof in Suhl in September of 1923 with a ledger number 436. For about the 1st 6 months of the period when the Suhl proof facility actually began dating their wares, they toyed with the idea of a ledger like Zella Mehlis but apparently it did not find favour.
I am of the opinion that Adolf peddled it & was a firearms merchant. Display any other marks forward of the flats to the forend hanger & the mechanics marks might point toward a maker in Suhl.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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