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[matteti]

Thanks NotaBene and McLenin,
I must admit that I find this a bit confusing...
I already looked at McLenin's list and from this one I also understood that my order was late 1943 to february 1944.

But if one look carefully at the list, he will see that there are some inconsistencies or something strange in the dates order.

290888 12/10/43
328207 04/11/43
376895 20/10/43
679420 23/02/44
708952 05/08/43
712063 08/06/44
803642 10/02/44
830760 27/10/44

Look at dates in bold characters. Why the dates are not following each other in a sequential order regarding to the serial numbers? If this is normal, could you explain me what it mean?

The only explanation I can se is that the orders were spread among the many parts of soviet unions and each region were giving orders according to their own batch of orders and this may explain that an order with a high number could be given in one region before that another region give an order with a smaller number.... in that case, it woul become almost impossible to guess the date by the serial number.

Please someone enlight me!!!