Hi Terry! I don't know what to say on this, as the bayo is stored I can't have a look on it now, will try to take out this weekend to make additional photos, indeed is not etched but stamped, as the Sturm & Billy G bayos seems to have the Geco trademark (1st variation) stamped (but the word Solingen seems to be factory made) maybe this distributor use to stamp his own logo on the bayos he sell. regards
Nacho
I also have two of the variations and here are a couple of photos of the two TMs. One does seem to be etched and the other stamped. If you notice the the stamped one has plating in the lower part of the letters. If you notice that when you stamp metal the displaced metal is pushed to the side. If this done prior to plating the raised area can be fixed. The one you have has that raised metal around the letters, so was stamped done post plating. I'm not saying that all bayonets stamped post plate are fakes. There are several authentic bayonets that were stamped post plate. You may be right and that Geco may have stamped some with there name. If we find more like yours with the same font of type it would help.
