is that the one that came off the forum a couple weeks back for $125? if it is, then i'm kicking myself for not being faster on the trigger!
The cartouches I asked about and got this...
The middle of oval shape is Yan - proof/check/validated, sort of troop acceptance mark.
My best guess on the two characters on both side are Jin Wu - Shanxi (Province) Arm (Milita). It will be from early ChiCom era beause it is read from right to left.
As of the Roman characters, I think they're GI for the pronouced bottom stroke. A remote possibility is that it stands for Group Army One. Nationalist Army are known to use G, A, D etc to represent Group Army, Army, Division units but it usually denoted as 11D for the 11th Division for example.
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