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Engraved Combat Magnum
This is a Combat Magnum in the 1958 serial # range per the SCS&W. Anyone recognize the engraving and is it likely that the ivory stocks were engraved by the same artist or would one person have done the gun and another the stocks?
I found another later M19 that belonged to Elvis Presley that looked similar with regards to the style of engraving on the gun and stocks.
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Man that thing is so awesome I just want to put on my shorts and tennis shoes and sweat to the oldies to burn off some of this excitement!!!
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Kurt Jaeger comes to mind. Looks like German style engraving and the animal work looks good from the photos. Kurt also engraved stocks like those on the Combat Magnum.
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Here's one of the left side. Wish I had some better photos.
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Is that old girl wearing a trigger shoe? Yep, I see it now on the left pic.
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Would this be something done by\at the factory?
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To be charitable, that would be highly unlikely.
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Originally Posted by Richard Simmons
Here's one of the left side. Wish I had some better photos.
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Congratulations.
That is a nice addition to your collection
Looking forward to when you do additional photos
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Some names that come to my mind are:
Arnold Griebel
Joseph Fugger
Eric Bossler, lesser known name perhaps but cut in the same style as the above .
Emil Willig ( engraver Claus Willig father ) Both worked for Kurt Jeager (sp?) in Germany. Emil chose to stay in (W) Germany after the War and continued to work. Claus came to the US.
Emil stuck with the hard and fast 'German/Austrian' style as seen here.
Any of these would be a candidate for the work shown here IMO. More than likely it would be signed by them, though not terribly noticable to a quick look.
Bossler was fond of doing high art carved ivory grips such as this, though any of them was capable of the work.
A search of the names/engraver should turn up some pictures and examples. The scroll is quite common for the style of cutting.
The inlays and how they are crafted in their poses and their facial features is sometimes a good way to pin point an artist.
Once an engraver gets good results doing a certain rabbit, deer, or whatever,,they tend to repeat that figure again and again on other guns. Why argue with good results...
There are plenty of other engravers that could have done the work.
The style tends to push us towards a nationality of engraver,,but in reality, it could be anyone who picked up the trade and that particular style as their favorite.
Beautiful piece. Hope you find a signiture or other link to the artist with it.
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It's not mine yet. I just located it and hope to get a chance to view it in person and perhaps acquire it.
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