ID: 7.9x57, suspectedly Chinese

Anybody to ID this 7.92x57 headstamp?
The photo has turned up in a Russian forum. Unfortunately no better quality available.


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Alex

This is Hunan Arsenal, China. Another name is -Wuzhou.
They have been producing Mauser cartridges since the early 1900s

Rufus

Rafal, thanks a lot!

Any thoughts on that ā€œMitsubishiā€ logo on the hs (at 10.30h pos)? Or is that a factory mark?
Some people say it could be only corrosion.

Does anybody have better (clearer) images of this headstamp maybe?

EOD
That’s not Hunan.That’s Chineseā€œDezhouļ¼ˆå¾·å·žļ¼‰ā€written with in cursive script.Manufactured by Dezhou Arsenal(1904-1926)

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Magnum, thanks a lot!
Do you happen to know what the symbol on pos. 10.30h is denoting?

That’s a strange unsolved symbol,and there are also two kinds of symbols on Dezhou headstamp

Another chinese collector shared me this picture
å†¬ļ¼ˆdong)means winter

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I remember having seen the ā€œ7 dotsā€ in Elks’ book.
The one with the two ā€œoā€ is also new to me (not that this has any significance).