Originally Posted By: ESP
This is all very interesting - I have written off to the gentleman i am buying the gun from - he knows the engraver evidently and says he's Austrian so watch this space. the earlier picture of the lion came from Prudhomme's book, correct?


I've heard that both Kornbrath and Fugger were from Germany and Grable was from Austria.

I try to go back as far as I can when trying to verify anything. Articles written about someone are not very reliable, sometimes you have to pick and choose what official record you want to use.

For me one of the more reliable records are when individuals registered for the draft. These draft records seem to hold up better under scrutiny than other sources.









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