A few weeks ago I received a PM from quiettype enquiring about parts for this Schall. He then told me he'd rather not get involved in it's restoration and offered the parts to me at a certain price. I agreed to his price and now have the gun - at least
most of it - in my possession.
As he explained earlier in this thread there are a LOT of missing parts. Below is a pic of the Schall laying next to my Fiala #1395 (the one with the Fiala names stippled by a steel punch to be unrecognizable). Note the fatter and shorter barrel. By the way, the bore on this barrel is VERY NICE. Though the exterior is horrendouse, I believe this gun can be resurrected into a decent representative of the Schall period of Fiala's history.
Where one normally finds MODEL 1920 stamped beneath the Barrel Release Bolt on the right side of the gun, this gun instead has the barrel PINNED in the frame. Where the model stamping would be, instead is stamped SCHALL & CO.
(then in smaller type size) NEW HAVEN, CONN. USA. Not sure if there is a period after each letter in USA or not.
As near as I can make out, the serial number stamped on the front portion of the grip strap is 7364. We may learn more when it has had the crud carefully removed from this area.
I can detect no other markings anywhere.
As quiettype said above, it appears to have been nickeled or chromed at some time. I'm not sure how I'll have it finished once it is restored. Time will tell. Hopefully, I can come back and find this thread to post an "After" picture of the gun once it's restored.
Anyway, below are pics of BOTH sides. Best regards, ---45Broomhandle