Perfect job of displaying markings I need, - including the ones needed for our Amberg research thread. I would like to know the wrist acceptance, should be Crown/G for this range, but it does change a few blocks later in 1916. Amberg is by far the most consistent wartime maker, - kind of the Mauser or Brno(dot) maker of the Imperial era. I do not think it is arguable that there was a better G98 maker 1915-1918 (though they were a low production operation, actually trivial compared to the Prussian operations)
I once thought i bought a Mauser Oberndorf at a gun show, only to discover it was a DWM when i got it outside, just the lengthy name and rush to buy it on the cheap made me rush my look over. That too was a pleasant error, - just as I think an Amberg/16 is a better buy over a Danzig/16, so too was a DWM/16 over a MO/16 (though DWM made more in 1916 than MO; Amberg was much lower than Danzig in 1916, - only the Suhl makers and WOK were lower in 1916, and Amberg was not much more than the Suhl consortium that year, so really only Simosn and WOK were really significantly lower... interestingly Simson is lower than WOK in 1916 too, though both close at the g-h blocks)
Another interesting observation, in 20 years (1997 I started trending Imperials, which is before I started trending 98k, which began in 1999) I have recorded 197 Amberg/16's verses 285 Danzig/16's. Which is not very reflective of actual production range: Amberg/16 (w-block or 220,000) vs. Danzig/16 (qq-block 430,000 - Danzig used i & j blocks), so nearly double the production, but observations are not nearly double!
