Hi Charlie -

Yes, the scope mount itself is a post war East German version from the 1950's modelled after the original.

Even though it is, it when I purchased this set up, the scope mount had an assessed value of $400 U.S. Today, it's likely gone up just a bit in value. Both are marked with "Fest" ( tight ) and "Lose" ( loose ) on the securing lever. War time examples also will have a waffenampt, where this one obviously does not. War time examples are very tough to locate. They are out there, but good luck finding one. In twenty two plus years of collecting, I have only seen two for sale and both of them were priced at over $1,000 U.S. This one, less the waffenampt, worked fine for my needs and saved me $600!

The scope itself is an original war time issue ZF4, with blue triangle indicating its being acceptable for cold weather use.

I don't have time at the moment for checking out the manufacture code ( work is about upon me ), but I will search out some information tonight on it, and get back to you.

Bill

[ 16. July 2003, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: Bill Smith ]