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    Guest Darrell

    Here's my take. Although closer pics would definitely help.

    The first one looks like a good "100".

    The second one is a bad one ... East Europe Fake.

    The Third one looks to be a good "variant" L/56 with the Pin and Catch Reverse setup. Normally these are found with the screwback hardware.

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    Here's my take. Although closer pics would definitely help.

    The first one looks like a good "100".

    The second one is a bad one ... East Europe Fake.

    The Third one looks to be a good "variant" L/56 with the Pin and Catch Reverse setup. Normally these are found with the screwback hardware.

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    I think I would agree with that.

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    I agree with the assessments made thus far. The L/56 you show is indeed a rare Funcke & Bruninghaus variant. They are more commonly seen in screwback. Here is another for comparison. . . (I can hardly wait to post scans bigger than 60kb!)
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    Hi,

    The first cross is 100% FAKE - an Eastern European example that flodded the market a few years ago. This one looks like it has the fake curved L/54 mark hiding behind the pin, ABOVE the catch.

    As stated above though, the second cross is a known fake (CURRENTLY flooding the market) and the L/56 is probably genuine.

    Regards

    Mike K

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