manufacture date (traditional estimates) 1929 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 85146
Factory Order number: 9411
Description
Fern, Master Model Label
Categories
Source
From Darryl Wolfe. Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins