Manufactured about 1897. Blade front and tangent rear sights, with the top of the chamber marked "WAFFENFABRIK/MAUSER/OBERNDORF A/N", the left side is marked with a "crown/crown/U" German test proof, and an Oberndorf antler proof on the right flat. Matching numbers are present on the frame, hammer, follower and floorplate. The left side of the magazine is engraved "PATSTONE & SON./SOUTHAMPTON.", a British gunmaker and sporting goods dealer active in the 1800s and 1900s. With a matching number shoulder stock.