Thanks, that is interesting I think it is probably worth more then my rifle being its engraved. I Love the German silver furniture also and plan to use some in the future, I got a quote from Track the other day on a .32 Hawkin I am wanting to build.
I bought a tradition frontier a few years ago from a retired police officer, he said he had found the patch box metal detecting at a civil war battle site in Louisiana, engraving is done by hand for sure, anyone opinions on it.