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:dancingbanana:, I've been wanting to help you out with something ever since you helped me out about a year and a half ago on those SEY split back magazines I bought. I'm not sure if you remember but...

Dan is the man! I heard back from him and he sent me a couple pictures with a clear number five which matches your example Bob. Dan sees a five as well. Thank you to new to brass Dan for the pictures...

Hey Bob, does that mean that yours might be the earliest observed so far with those numbers on the bevel? If the already known observed dates are from 6-43 to 12-43, yours beats that by 2 months

I took Bob's picture and zoomed it in and took a snapshot of it and I don't know if this will help make it any clearer, but I'm going to try posting to see if it helps. I emailed that picture to new...

I also notice at the ends of some of these numbers is a thicker ball like end. In the auction picture, the number three is very clear with these thick ball like ends. Your number six seems to have a...

You may be absolutely right Bob, probably looks a lot clearer in hand as well but for what it's worth since I don't know how to take a picture and draw on it I tried my hand at drawing it freehand of...

I also believe the old auction picture reads 158 3 because I can see the same characteristic dip in the top of the five as I see in Bob's picture. Where it's an elaborate number 5, the top of the...

I promise you guys it's a 5! It says 125 3, the five is very elaborate and the bottom of it curves up almost touching the bottom of the straight back of the five. I wish I knew how to take a picture...

I see a 125 9. It's definitely a five instead of a six, I can see the straight back of the five. The last letter is fuzzy it could either be a one a three or a nine in my opinion.hth

I believe he wants to leave it mainly untouched since the Navy vets are the ones who applied the varnish. I would do the same if it were mine. I know exactly how he feels, I have items from Jim...