Thanks for the contributions gents. Most of what I'm looking at are pics online. Limited number of samples and not being in hand I have to settle for the views available.
For me the 'P' was in many respects the same as the R on my 1917. Clueless, I started the hunt for R October thread to glean as many responses as possible.
1917 & the hunt for R October...
Repair, rework, refinish & return all sounded plausible.