Gaggenau GEM in a box

[ogilkes]

Of course, Ollie, if it's a genuine prewar Gem box it's very rare! Wood it may not be original though - Gems were not exactly luxury items and I doubt if the EG ones were known as Gems when new. Maybe one sold in England was. Could it be made by a gunshop?

So when did the term GEM come into use? I think this is a GE type 17 or 18. May be a silly question but is that the origin? Gaggenau Eisenwerke .... something..... Though it is always the other way around in German catalogues. I suppose the box could have been made almost any time, it was professionally done nicely dovetailed. Do you know of any original examples?

I see it was called the 'Jewel' http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....ing-of-airguns