Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
My opinion:

Original Model 1908 Brazilicon Mauser in 7x57.

Re-imported by Frankonia Waffen Würzburg (The logo after 7x57)
and proofed in Germanyicon (the eagle) at Munich (the shield) in April 1978.

Frankonia imported cratefuls of Brazil Mausers, many of them obviously unissued, some with matching mint bayonets in their scabbards..

The Brazil crest has so much fine detail that it is easily worn into illegibility. I think the original crest was scrubbed post-1978 (note wear on the top of the proof marks and the B in a circle) and the DWM then applied. Roll stamping would not have been feasible without industrial equipment, so it would have to have been done by engraving and/or etching. The slight raggedness to be observed on some over-sharp edges leads me to think that it may have been etched.

A very fine rifle.
Patrick is 100% correct.

I would also comment that many of the earlier South American owned rifles had their crests ground off or removed when they were released by their owning country.