This exceedingly rare German diecut fence was produced in 1935. There is a remarkable consistency when these are seen that the leftmost figure, the mate to the plump JOL figure, is missing. I chalk it up to more than coincidence. I believe the full four-figure fence was made for a very short period of time before a decision was made to eliminate the leftmost figure. Could it have been to save on shipping? I don’t know. I may be completely off-base in even speculating that any decision was made, but the consistency of the observation is compelling. I finally added a full four-figure example to the collection a few years ago.
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